| RMAN Backup done..Now what should I do? [message #383519] |
Thu, 29 January 2009 01:08  |
Himanshu.Padmanabhi
Messages: 5
Registered: January 2009
|
Junior Member |
|
|
Hi Geeks,I have very little knowledge about oracle 11g and probably database as a whole.I am asking very primitive question here.please help.
I want to carry out this simple test.
Create database.Fill it with entries.Take backup using RMAN.Do some changes.Then restore database to revert to original database.
I created a database through "Database Configuration Assistant" named "testingdb".
Then through RMAN,I took the cold backup as mentioned in one document.
run {
shutdown immediate
startup nomount;
sql 'alter database mount';
backup full
tag full_offline_backup
format '\app\Administrator\flash_recovery_area\TESTINGDB\%d_%U_%T'
(database);
sql 'alter database open';
}
(I am backing up "testingdb" here.But where this name is specified in the above code?should I replace (database) with any name?only format thing I changed according to my requirement.Do I need to change anything more above.)
So in "\app\Administrator\flash_recovery_area\TESTINGDB\",I got 2 backup files.All goes well here.
Now,I should change some data so that I can confirm that restore,recover operation takes place successfully.Is it correct way to check recovery,restore?
If I do,"select * from testingdb;",table doesn't exist by this name.
Then using web-based database control,choosing database instance as "testingdb",I created table under "Data Movement->Move Row data->Load data from user files",now this I can see using "select * from table_under_testingdb?".
Now I will restore to retain to my previous state using,
run {
shutdown immediate
startup nomount
set until SCN=348981;
restore controlfile;
alter database mount;
restore database;
recover database noredo;
alter database open resetlogs;
}
(Is this the correct code for recovery,restore?)
Now "table_under_testingdb?" created above should not be present as at the backup time it was not there.Right?
Am I going on the right track?Or there is any other way of backup/recovery using RMAN.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: RMAN Backup done..Now what should I do? [message #383633 is a reply to message #383519] |
Thu, 29 January 2009 06:51  |
 |
Mahesh Rajendran
Messages: 10707
Registered: March 2002
Location: oracleDocoVille
|
Senior Member
Account Moderator |
|
|
First, If you are learning something new in Oracle, DO NOT USE GUI.
That is specifically advised for all RMAN/backup and recovery, administrative concepts.
As another prominent member of this forum would say,
"Those who live by GUI will die by GUI".
The documentation is a better place to start instead of doing some guess work.
A restore/recover will bring the database to the state as before.
Had you created tables and dropped them,
Restore/recover will also create and drop them.
So you will not be seeing them.
Do point-in-time restore or based on SCN.
Select a point just before you decided to drop the tables.
>>?Or there is any other way of backup/recovery using RMAN.
Use RMAN. Not the OEM GUI interface for RMAN.
And please search this forum/google/documentation before posting.
Most questions are already answered in one form or another.
|
|
|
|
] 
Blog
Search
Help
Members
Register
Login
Home
