Hi David why shouldn't it work assuming that the corruption hasn't propgated to the standby database ? any ideas regards Hrishy --- David Barbour <david.barbour1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Uhhhh ..... no. Think about it for a minute. > > On 3/3/08, hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > Lets assume that one of my datafile on the primary > > database has been corrupted in a datagaurd > > environment. > > > > Can i do these steps to recover the primary db. > > > > 1)On primary do > > RMAN>sql 'alter database datafile 5 offline' > > > > 2)on Standby do > > RMAN>copy datafile > '/db/ARON/fs1/test_d01_0.dbf_copy' > > to '/db/tmp/test_d01_0.dbf_copy' > > > > 3)Copy the datafile in step 2 to primary server > > > > 4)On the primary catalog the copy > > RMAN>catalog datafilecopy > > '/db/ARON/fs1/test_d01_0.dbf_copy' > > > > 5)RMAN>switch datafile 5 to COPY > > > > 6)RMAN>recover datafile 5 ; > > > > 7)RMAN> sql 'alter database datafile 5 online'; > > > > will this work > > > > regards > > > > Hrishy > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > > A Smarter Inbox. > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l