Hi, I tried the restore in nocatalog mode and follow the below note. It is successful. Note 403883.1 Title: How To Restore Controlfile From A Backupset Without A Catalog Or Autobackup Regards, Nagaraj. On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Actually, Brandon, a read of the original posting shows that he did, in > fact, unregister the old database from the old catalog, "As part of it, I > have *unregistered* the production database on rman catalog on server A > and I have changed my database DBID using NID tool in server B and > registered with new DBID to the catalog database." > > > > So, that explains why he can't find anything under the old DBID. As > Brandon mentioned, you'll need to restore the catalog database and recover > to a point in time from before you unregistered the old DB. > > > > -Mark > > *-- > Mark J. Bobak* > *Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies* > ProQuest > 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 > Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 > +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 > mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > www.proquest.com > www.csa.com > > *ProQuest...*Start here. > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Allen, Brandon > *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2008 11:08 AM > *To:* nagaraj.chk@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: Help on Rman Restore > > > > I don't understand why you changed the dbid to begin with but I guess it's > a bit late for that question. How are you querying the rman catalog when > trying to find info on the old dbid? You might need to use the "set dbid" > command first if you're going through rman, or if you're just querying via > sql*plus and the data isn't there in, for example, rc_database, then maybe > someone already unregistered the old database and deleted all the old backup > information associated with it, in which case you'll probably want to try > restoring an old copy of your recovery catalog from before that was done. > > > > Regards, > > Brandon > > > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Nagaraj S > > > > Also when i queried on rman catalog I could not found the old DBID > information > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or > attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not > consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions > and other information in this message that do not relate to the official > business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed > by it. >