Remove datafile from controlfile: recover partial database until time
- From: Laimutis.Nedzinskas@xxxxxx
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 15:33:04 +0200
Hi
Is it possible to remove datafile entry from control file while database is
mounted ?
I managed to achieve that by using recreating control file with "CREATE
CONTROLFILE..."
Is there another option ?
"alter database datafile ... offline drop" does not do that. It offlines
the datafile.
If anyone is interested why I need that I can tell:
I develop a procedure to partially recover only some datafiles of database.
It all works fine with "alter database datafile ... offline drop" except
that sqlplus RECOVER UNTIL TIME has to be used instead of RMAN. RMAN does
not allow such recovery. It works with SKIP TABLESPACES option but my task
is more than that: I know which datafiles I have to restore exactly.
However if controlfile is recreated from scratch and the unneeded files are
omitted then RMAN recover works fine. RMAN recover has a few nice options
like auto restoring of required archive logs and deleting them on a fly. Of
course one can guess why I need all that: out of multy TB database only a
few tabless needs to be restored :-] Sure, the storage space is an
issue :-]
Thank you in advance. Laimis N
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