Hi all, I finally succeeded in restoring a whole db without any evident loss of data. Below, some more comments, questions/doubts: > > > > 3- Restore datafiles: > > DO NOT RESTORE ONLINE LOGS FROM BACKUP!!!! I restored the current online log because I needed to use it after the last archivelog during recovery > > DO NOT ERASE CURRENT ONLINE LOGS (if we have it) I needed to simulate a complete loss and restore of db, so I backed up, deleted and restore all the redologs (with the rest of datafiles), but , as said above, I had any problem during recovery > > > SQL> CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "XXXX" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG > ............... > > If we have current ONLINE LOGS (NOT BACKED UP CONTROLFILES) we can use > NORESETLOGS I could not use NORESETLOGS (ORA-01588: must use RESETLOGS option for database open): is this a consequence of restoring the online log? If yes, which is the difference between "not erasing" and "copying and restoring" if the all datafiles and controlfiles are lost? > > > > > We will press RETURN UNTIL it ask for archivelog that don´t exist then we > will pass ONLINE LOG path and file names. Worked fine! > > > 9- SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS; > > If we used NORESETLOGS before then ?alter database open Noresetlogs? I had to use RESETLOGS (see above). > > > -----Mensaje original----- > To: Oracle-L > > Subject: RE: Recovery from online backup > > > The backup script contained the command: > > > alter database backup controlfile to '<destination_path/file>' > > > > I tried to copy the controlfile from the <destination_path/file> to the > > original location, but still the database cannot mount (ORA-00205). > > > Is document id 94114.1 correct or some more steps needed to be performed? > Thanks for your help, Alessandro -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l