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9i Database - Restore to a new host, validating RMAN backup

489554Nov 11 2008 — edited Nov 20 2008

Hi all,

I could use your help, for any of you who remember how to do this in 9i. On one of my production databases, running 9.2.0.6.0, I have a nightly RMAN script that writes the backup to a large shared drive (this is on a Windows 2003 server). This backup uses a recovery catalog.

I have a test server, and I want to try and restore last night's backup on this test server, without touching the recovery catalog - purely as a means to go through the recovery process, and to validate our backups (this is also for SOX compliance, as this database is for the financial system).

I have been looking through the 9i documentation, and was hoping to have some detailed steps here: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96566/rcmrecov.htm#1007514
but I don't see a lot of information there.

I believe that this should be a rather simple process. On the test server, I have installed the 9.2.0.6 software, and created the Oracle Service using the same name as production. The test server can also see the shared drive that houses the backup files from the production system.

Here are the steps I am trying, please let me know what I need to change. Thanks all!!

rman target / nocatalog

RMAN> set DBID 3679803977

RMAN> startup nomount

RMAN> restore controlfile from autobackup; --- this throws errors, see below

Starting restore at 11-NOV-08

allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=12 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20081111
channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20081110
channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20081109
channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20081108
channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20081107
channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20081106
channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20081105
channel ORA_DISK_1: no autobackup in 7 days found
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 11/11/2008 16:43:18
RMAN-06172: no autobackup found or specified handle is not a valid copy or piece

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