I guess I didn't make myself real clear. My main issue is why the recover database didn't appear to work as I expected. SVRMGR> recover database until time '2004-07-01:04:30:00'; Media recovery complete. The above recover command completed in a second which is way too fast for a days worth of data. Querying v$datafile after the recover command finished shows the checkpoint_time and last_time to still be 6/30 AM where I would expect '2004-07-01 04:30:00' after recovery complete. STATUS CHECKPOINT CHECKPOINT_TIME LAST_TIME _CHANGE# ------- ---------- ------------------- ------------------- SYSTEM 581863533 2004-06-30 04:02:52 2004-06-30 04:02:52 ONLINE 581863533 2004-06-30 04:02:52 2004-06-30 04:02:52 2 rows selected. My main concern is why the instance didn't recover to 7/1. Anyone have any insight into this I'd appreciate it. My secondary concern was which files do I need to re-recover due to the alter system archive log all command being issued even though the instance wasn't recovered thru 7/1/04. Can I just try to do the recover over with some different syntax? SVRMGR> recover database until time '2004-07-01:04:30:00'; Media recovery complete. SVRMGR> ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG ALL; Statement processed. Oracle 8.1.7.3 Thanks - Mike zhu chao <zhuchao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Are you sure the datafiles your restored are backuped on 6/30 5:00am? After create the controlfile, can you query the v$datafile ? like the checkpoint_time ? I guess your restored datafiles are newer than 7/1 at 4:30 AM. And, as others noted, after recover until time, you did an incomplete recovery. You must open database resetlogs before doing other things. On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:24:12 -0700 (PDT), Mike Hennesy wrote: > I just had this dropped on my desk. Oracle 8.1.7.3 . The objective was to > restore a backup of PRD on a different host and recover from the 6/30 5:00 AM > backup until 7/1 at 4:30 AM. > > I was told that the media recovery complete was almost instantaneous (didn't > show processing of any archive logs, should have processed 15) and the ALTER > SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG ALL took about 45 seconds to complete. > -- Regards Zhu Chao www.cnoug.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------