I am new to RMAN and learning it. What I have done is as follows .(pls be patient as it is little lengthy) . SQL> startup mount; SQL> alter database archivelog; RMAN> connect target RMAN> CONNECT CATALOG rman/rman RMAN> CREATE CATALOG TABLESPACE 'CATALOG'; RMAN> register database; database registered in recovery catalog starting full resync of recovery catalog full resync complete RMAN> list incarnation; List of Database Incarnations DB Key Inc Key DB Name DB ID STATUS Reset SCN Reset Time ------- ------- -------- ---------------- --- ---------- ---------- 1 223 OMIGTEST 260103938 PARENT 1 16-AUG-12 1 2 OMIGTEST 260103938 CURRENT 324561 20-AUG-12 RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/cf%F'; RMAN> RUN { ALLOCATE CHANNEL d1 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/%U'; BACKUP DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG; } After the above procedures I deleted few records from a table as follows. select count(*) from MAST; COUNT(*) ---------- 7373 SQL> select tablespace_name from user_tables where table_name='MAST'; TABLESPACE_NAME ------------------------------ MAST_1 SQL> select file_name from dba_data_files where TABLESPACE_NAME=MAST_1'; FILE_NAME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/MAST_1_WAS1025.dbf SQL> delete from MAST where rownum<100; 99 rows deleted. SQL> commit; Commit complete. SQL> shutdown immediate SQL> startup mount RMAN> restore tablespace MAST_1; RMAN> restore controlfile to '/oracle/ora10gr4/dbs/nis.ctl'; SQL> alter database RESETLOGS; alter database open resetlogs * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01152: file 1 was not restored from a sufficiently old backup ORA-01110: data file 1: '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf' So i tried the following. RMAN> restore datafile '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf'; Starting restore at 21-AUG-12 using channel ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set restoring datafile 00001 to /data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST29_1_791910787 channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 piece handle=/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST29_1_791910787 tag=TAG20120821T151306 channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:15 Finished restore at 21-AUG-12 RMAN> recover datafile '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf'; Starting recover at 21-AUG-12 using channel ORA_DISK_1 RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 08/21/2012 16:21:45 RMAN-06067: RECOVER DATABASE required with a backup or created control file Please let me know if I am wrong or not. I want to recover the data I deleted from that table. Thanks and Regards, Nisha Mohan.A From: Phillip Jones [mailto:phil@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 4:51 PM To: Nisha Mohan Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RMAN-06067: RECOVER DATABASE required with a backup or created control file Can you explain in detail what you're trying to do? Restore a database from scratch, restore just a lost controlfile, or recover from a specific data loss situation? Cheers, Phil On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Nisha Mohan <NishaMohan_A@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:NishaMohan_A@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Hi, Oracle version :10.2.04 I recovered control files . RMAN> restore controlfile to '/oracle/ora10gr4/dbs/nis.ctl'; Starting restore at 21-AUG-12 using channel ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring control file output filename=/oracle/ora10gr4/dbs/nis.ctl channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/cfc-260103938-20120821-03 channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 piece handle=/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/cfc-260103938-20120821-03 tag=TAG20120821T152259 channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03 Finished restore at 21-AUG-12 after this i got the below error when i tried to open DB. SQL> alter database open resetlogs; alter database open resetlogs * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01152: file 1 was not restored from a sufficiently old backup ORA-01110: data file 1: '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf' So i tried the following. RMAN> restore datafile '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf'; Starting restore at 21-AUG-12 using channel ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set restoring datafile 00001 to /data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST29_1_791910787 channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 piece handle=/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST29_1_791910787 tag=TAG20120821T151306 channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:15 Finished restore at 21-AUG-12 RMAN> recover datafile '/data_idx1/ORAMIG/OMIGTEST/DATA_FILES/system_1_OMIGTEST.dbf'; Starting recover at 21-AUG-12 using channel ORA_DISK_1 RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 08/21/2012 16:21:45 RMAN-06067: RECOVER DATABASE required with a backup or created control file Can anyone pls help me with this error? 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