It's just part of the way that RAC works.
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Folks, I am running some time-based database instance recovery tests in the lab on a three-node RAC environment. The following command was issued from one RAC instance while the others were down. I am trying to understand the way the change number (change 7286467501233) is being displayed on the first line of each of the first three threads below. Why is this number common here? After that, this number is distinct in each subsequent archived log file. I would appreciate if someone can explain/clarify it for me.
Thank you Amir
SQL> recover database until time '2006-01-12:15:20:00' using backup controlfile ORA-00279: change 7286467501233 generated at 01/11/2006 14:38:59 needed for thread 1 ORA-00289: suggestion : /u107/oradata/archives/e52rac/log_1_778.dbf ORA-00280: change 7286467501233 for thread 1 is in sequence #778
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00279: change 7286467501233 generated at 01/11/2006 14:38:35 needed for thread 2 ORA-00289: suggestion : /u107/oradata/archives/e52rac/log_2_463.dbf ORA-00280: change 7286467501233 for thread 2 is in sequence #463
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00279: change 7286467501233 generated at 01/11/2006 14:38:37 needed for thread 3 ORA-00289: suggestion : /u107/oradata/archives/e52rac/log_3_408.dbf ORA-00280: change 7286467501233 for thread 3 is in sequence #408
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00279: change 7286467508134 generated at 01/11/2006 14:43:27 needed for thread 2 ORA-00289: suggestion : /u107/oradata/archives/e52rac/log_2_464.dbf ORA-00280: change 7286467508134 for thread 2 is in sequence #464 ORA-00278: log file '/u107/oradata/archives/e52rac/log_2_463.dbf' no longer needed for this recovery .. ..
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