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Recovery Help?

From: <rstevenson_at_cobblesoft.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:01:08 -0500
Message-Id: <200408130001.i7D018a10271@smapp01.siteprotect.com>


I'm seeking help/advice from the list on behalf of a client that no longer has a DBA - and has a production DB utterly screwed up - hope you can help me point them in the right direction.... I've tried the basics ... but then I'm only knowledgeable enough in this area to be dangerous!

Situation: Remote DB (Linux/8.1.7) - they lost a drive/mount point - and then lost the frame relay for best part of 3 weeks (thanks to Sprint efficiency). The system tried to perform automated disk-to-disk backups (cold, via crontab) then to tape, but failed when it hit the bad drive - each day!

Result: Their DB is mostly at July 14 - with the restore of the bad drive at Aug 3rd (includes a System datafile, 1 data and an index datafile). When I try to recover for them, it calls for archive logs dated July 2nd - and they only have ones going back to July 3rd..... Their backup cycle is a 7-day cycle (with no secure copy archived off) - so they have no good consistent backup to restore from...

At this stage, they'd be real happy just to get a db back, even if several weeks old. My viewpoint at this stage is that there are no options ... but then I'm hoping for them that maybe one of you knows differently???

Thanks for thoughts ...
Richard
PS: I can be reached tomorrow toll free at 1-866-380-6716 if you have something that will work that's tough to explain in an email.



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