Do you use CREATE CONTROLFILE to create the copy database? You need to bring over the online log files as well as the data files and issue ALTER DATABASE RECOVER LOGFILE '/u22/oradata/SID/log1a.dbf', ETC. after the ALTER DATABASE RECOVER AUTOMATIC USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE; You should issue the RECOVER LOGFILE statements for those online redo logs that had activity during your hot backups. You can get this information by checking v$log for the current logfile before and after the hot backup. Then open the database RESETLOGS Hope this helps Vicki Pierce Database Administration x2401 "Matthew J. Brown" <matthew.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 04/14/2004 03:18 PM Please respond to oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject RE: Recovery from online backups/archived logs on another system I inaccurately used the term 'standby' not in its Oracle meaning. I intend a one-time population of this database from the primary at this time, not to keep it up to date after that. -Matt -----Original Message----- From: Montgomerie Steve [mailto:steve.montgomerie@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:57 AM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Recovery from online backups/archived logs on another system It's mount standby database and recover standby database,,,,are you not bringing the standby up to date in that fashion? Steve Montgomerie PeopleSoft/Oracle Administrator SIEMENS Shared Services, LLC 4400 Alafaya Trail, M/S AL-222 Orlando, FL 32826 Phone: 407 487-5219=20 Cell : 407 810-8387 Fax: 407 487-5833 -----Original Message----- From: Matthew J. Brown [mailto:matthew.brown@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:56 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Recovery from online backups/archived logs on another system I have an Oracle 8i database that I'm trying to create a standby copy of for testing / possible future DR use. The database is in ARCHIVELOG mode. =20 On the master database, I have placed each tablespace in turn into backup mode, copied the underlying datafile, then turned off backup mode. I have taken copies of the control files. =20 I put these on my standby database and copied all the archived transaction logs (for a period of before, during, and substantially after the period of the backups) to that server too. =20 I am then attempting to do a recovery using: =20 open mount exclusive recover database using backup controlfile =20 The recover process starts OK taking, as I expected, the first log from the point where backups started and rolling them forward one by one. However, it is never satisfied. It never says anything along the lines of 'backup complete' - it wants more and more archived logs, and when there are none left it still wants more, even though the transaction logs it's now applying are substantially later than the backups taken. =20 If I CANCEL out of the recovery and attempt to =20 alter database open resetlogs =20 I get=20 =20 ORA-01113: file 1 needs media recovery ORA-01110: data file 1: '/u03/oracle/oradata/v7/system01.dbf' =20 Why is it doing this when I have fed it every single transaction log available? None are missing. =20 Thanks for any assistance, =20 -Matt =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/octet-stream -- File: Montgomerie Steve.vcf ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------