Re: Is it possible to add existing datafiles to an oracle database?

  • From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: srinivas.chintamani@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:40:14 -0700

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Srinivas Chintamani <
srinivas.chintamani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Earlier when working with SQL Server, it was simple to backup / restore
> the db.  Just take a backup, dump the backup file anywhere on the filesystem
> and point to SQL Server, where the backup file is at and it happily
> recovered the db, all in a few seconds.
>
> Wonder why restoring an oracle db is such a pain ...
>

Comparing a tool you know to one you don't know is not really a fair
comparison.

I'm somewhat familiar with backing up and restoring SQL Server and Oracle.
Backing up an oracle database is more comparable to backing up an entire
SQL Server instance, not a single SQL Server database.

Try this on SQL Server: set the log file to unlimited growth.  Let the log
fill
the disk.  Try reopening the database following that. It's a lot of fun.

No database is perfect.  If you are responsible for backups of a database,
the first
thing you should make sure you can do is restore said backups.

Now that you've (hopefully) learned that lesson, perhaps someone can help
you
with your down database.

Further down in the thread it appears that the UNDO tbs is corrupt, correct?

IIRC there may be a way to open this db, though some corruption may occur.

Have you escalated the SR?  This is not the same as setting a severity
level.

Search for 'escalation' on MetaLink.


-- 
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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