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Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523038]

Thu, 15 September 2011 06:10

Karlia
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Hi, everybody

How can one knows if ever a database has already been restored or never,
not via RMAN, but just an ordinary connection to the database via SQLPLUS, for example,

in other words, i want to know if there is a way to know it just on exploring the dictionary views such as v$log, v$archivedlog, v$database, ...

The database is on archivelog mod, and backup job is scheduled on daily basis.

Thanks.

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523039 is a reply to message #523038]

Thu, 15 September 2011 06:13

Michel Cadot
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Quote:

How can one knows if ever a database has already been restored or never,

No (if you mean a complete restore and recover), hopefully, otherwise it means the database was not restored in the same state.

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Michel

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523054 is a reply to message #523039]

Thu, 15 September 2011 07:27

Karlia
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Thank you Michel,

Yes, that's what i'm intereseted in,

to check if , the current version of my db is the latest one or not,

for example in case of a complete restore followed by an INcomplete recover ?

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523061 is a reply to message #523054]

Thu, 15 September 2011 07:52

Michel Cadot
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An incomplete recover is terminated with an open resetlogs.
The last 2 reset log datetimes are in v$database.

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Michel

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523104 is a reply to message #523061]

Thu, 15 September 2011 10:26

Karlia
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So,
if "CREATED" and "RESETLOGS_TIME" columns in v$database view have the same values, I can be sure that this database has never been subjected to a "point-in-time recovery" operation ??

isn't it ?

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523108 is a reply to message #523104]

Thu, 15 September 2011 10:55

Michel Cadot
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Yes.

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Michel

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523351 is a reply to message #523108]

Fri, 16 September 2011 18:04

Karlia
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Thanks Michel.

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523939 is a reply to message #523104]

Wed, 21 September 2011 04:04

hkchital
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>if "CREATED" and "RESETLOGS_TIME" columns in v$database view have the same values, I can be sure that this database has never been subjected to a "point-in-time recovery" operation

Unfortunately, no. CREATED is the creation/recreation time for the controlfile -- and the controlfile may have been recreated any time after the database, possibly for an incomplete recovery as well.

See http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com/2010/07/vdatabasecreated-is-this-database.html

Hemant

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Re: Has my database ever been restored ? [message #523948 is a reply to message #523939]

Wed, 21 September 2011 04:28

Michel Cadot
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OK, it is only true in 99.999% of the case.

Regards
Michel

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