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Fast Recovery Area FULL - IMAGE COPY

PescatorJan 24 2019 — edited Jan 28 2019

Good Morning,

We are having issues with one Database and its Fast recovery area.

It is a SE2 Instance version 12.2.0.1.0 - 64bit for SPARK on SOLARIS

The images copies of our incremental cumulative backup are not deleted from Fast Recovery Area, even if them are marked as deleted and are actually deleted from filesystem .

Backup Configuration:

run {

allocate channel oem_disk_backup device type disk;

recover copy of database with tag 'ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0';

backup incremental level 1 cumulative  copies=1 for recover of copy with tag 'ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0' database;

}

RMAN> SHOW ALL;

RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name DPROD are:

CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1;

CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default

CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default

CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON; # default

CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default

CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default

CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default

CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default

CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default

CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default

CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default

CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default

CONFIGURE RMAN OUTPUT TO KEEP FOR 7 DAYS; # default

CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default

CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/snapcf_DPROD.f'; # default

Image copies from RMAN:

RMAN> LIST DATAFILECOPY ALL;

using target database control file instead of recovery catalog

List of Datafile Copies

=======================

Key     File S Completion Time     Ckp SCN    Ckp Time            Sparse

------- ---- - ------------------- ---------- ------------------- ------

1848    1    A 2019-01-23 03:35:23 74665081   2019-01-22 03:36:20 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_system_fnbqf1ml_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

325     2    A 2018-08-08 03:51:27 7032417    2018-08-08 03:51:19 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_factory_fpnm4qtw_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

268     2    A 2018-08-06 03:30:12 5729306    2018-08-05 03:30:17 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprod__fnco15sd_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1845    3    A 2019-01-23 03:35:14 74665046   2019-01-22 03:34:55 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_sysaux_fnbqf919_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1843    4    A 2019-01-23 03:31:10 74665046   2019-01-22 03:34:55 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_undotbs1_fnbqfd9g_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1846    5    A 2019-01-23 03:35:14 74665046   2019-01-22 03:34:55 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprod_fncny7p0_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1847    7    A 2019-01-23 03:35:22 74665081   2019-01-22 03:36:20 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_users_fnbqffb1_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1842    8    A 2019-01-23 03:31:09 74665046   2019-01-22 03:34:55 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprod__fnco1fsw_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1844    9    A 2019-01-23 03:35:06 74665046   2019-01-22 03:34:55 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco1o1q_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

326     10   A 2018-08-08 03:51:42 7032423    2018-08-08 03:51:34 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_factoryp_fpnm56ym_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

269     10   A 2018-08-06 03:30:12 5729306    2018-08-05 03:30:17 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco1wcl_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1840    11   A 2019-01-23 03:30:33 74665046   2019-01-22 03:34:55 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco23hq_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

1841    12   A 2019-01-23 03:30:33 74665046   2019-01-22 03:34:55 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_interact_fpnm3hjp_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

324     13   A 2018-08-08 03:51:12 7032411    2018-08-08 03:51:04 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_mks_fpnm48nv_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

328     14   A 2018-08-08 03:51:53 7032431    2018-08-08 03:51:53 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_segnalaz_fpnm5s7f_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

327     15   A 2018-08-08 03:51:51 7032429    2018-08-08 03:51:50 NO

Name: /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_segnalaz_fpnm5p2z_.dbf

Tag: ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0

Images Copy from "V$DATAFILE_COPY" view:

SELECT RECID,STAMP,NAME,TAG,DELETED, STATUS FROM V$DATAFILE_COPY order by DELETED;

RECID      STAMP NAME                                                                                                                                      TAG                              DEL S                                                                                        ---------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   268  983417412 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprod__fnco15sd_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1848  998278523 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_system_fnbqf1ml_.dbf        ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

   324  983591472 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_mks_fpnm48nv_.dbf           ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

   325  983591487 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_factory_fpnm4qtw_.dbf       ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

   326  983591502 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_factoryp_fpnm56ym_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

   327  983591511 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_segnalaz_fpnm5p2z_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

   328  983591513 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_segnalaz_fpnm5s7f_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1840  998278233 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco23hq_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1841  998278233 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_interact_fpnm3hjp_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1842  998278269 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprod__fnco1fsw_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1843  998278270 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_undotbs1_fnbqfd9g_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1844  998278506 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco1o1q_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1845  998278514 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_sysaux_fnbqf919_.dbf        ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1846  998278514 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprod_fncny7p0_.dbf       ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

  1847  998278522 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_users_fnbqffb1_.dbf         ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

   269  983417412 /u03/fast_recovery_area/DPROD/DPROD/datafile/o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco1wcl_.dbf      ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 NO  A

   270  983417412                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

   271  983417413                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

   272  983417413                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

   273  983417413                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

   274  983417414                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

   275  983503813                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

   276  983503813                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

   277  983503813                                                                                    ORA\$OEM_LEVEL_0                 YES D

<...> there are 1,581 rows here! All with DEL=YES and Name=NULL

Fast Recovery Area datafiles copy on Disk:

-bash-4.4$ ls -lrt

total 37032522

drwxr-x---   6 oracle   oinstall       6 Jul 11  2018 ..

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 1073750016 Aug  6 03:30 o1_mf_Dprod__fnco15sd_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 1073750016 Aug  6 03:30 o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco1wcl_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 1073750016 Aug  8 03:51 o1_mf_mks_fpnm48nv_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 838868992 Aug  8 03:51 o1_mf_factory_fpnm4qtw_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 838868992 Aug  8 03:51 o1_mf_factoryp_fpnm56ym_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 62922752 Aug  8 03:51 o1_mf_segnalaz_fpnm5p2z_.dbf

drwxr-x---   2 oracle   oinstall      18 Aug  8 03:51 .

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 52436992 Aug  8 03:51 o1_mf_segnalaz_fpnm5s7f_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 1073750016 Jan 23 03:30 o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco23hq_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 1073750016 Jan 23 03:30 o1_mf_interact_fpnm3hjp_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 3221233664 Jan 23 03:31 o1_mf_Dprod__fnco1fsw_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 3764396032 Jan 23 03:31 o1_mf_undotbs1_fnbqfd9g_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 9663684608 Jan 23 03:35 o1_mf_Dprodh_fnco1o1q_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 13736353792 Jan 23 03:35 o1_mf_sysaux_fnbqf919_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 5251072 Jan 23 03:35 o1_mf_users_fnbqffb1_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 912269312 Jan 23 03:35 o1_mf_system_fnbqf1ml_.dbf

-rw-r-----   1 oracle   oinstall 16106135552 Jan 24 03:30 o1_mf_Dprod_fncny7p0_.dbf

Space usage on Fast Recovery Area:

SELECT

  ROUND((A.SPACE_LIMIT / 1024 / 1024 / 1024), 2) AS FLASH_IN_GB,

  ROUND((A.SPACE_USED / 1024 / 1024 / 1024), 2) AS FLASH_USED_IN_GB,

  ROUND((A.SPACE_RECLAIMABLE / 1024 / 1024 / 1024), 2) AS FLASH_RECLAIMABLE_GB,

  SUM(B.PERCENT_SPACE_USED)  AS PERCENT_OF_SPACE_USED

FROM

  V$RECOVERY_FILE_DEST A,

  V$FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA_USAGE B

GROUP BY

  SPACE_LIMIT,

  SPACE_USED ,

  SPACE_RECLAIMABLE ;

FLASH_IN_GB      FLASH_USED_IN_GB      FLASH_RECLAIMABLE_GB      PERCENT_OF_SPACE_USED

-----------                ----------------                        --------------------                             ---------------------

70                          64,93                                    0                                                   92,75             

What i tryed:

CROSSCHECK COPY;

CROSSCHECK DATAFILECOPY ALL;

DELETE NOPROMPT EXPIRED COPY;

DELETE NOPROMPT EXPIRED DATAFILECOPY ALL;

No use.

Considering that i inherited this situation and i don't know what have been done, ex an hard delete of datafile copies from disk or similiar.

  • Why there is this disalignment between what i see from RMAN or directly into the Disk and what "V$DATAFILE_COPY" shows?
  • If not with a CROSSCHECK how can i solve that issue?

Thanks in advance!

Pasquale

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