Re: lost control file..

Ok, I have to ask.

If you didn't have any idea how to recover from a missing controlfile, why did you remove it?

All you need to do is copy one of the other control files to the location of the one you removed.

Jared

On Tuesday 14 August 2001 05:50, Saurabh Sharma wrote:
> hi all,
> i was experimenting with my test db, and trying to recover the control
> file. i taken backup of control file as
> ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE;
> and also
> ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO 'NEW LOCATION';
>
> i then shutdown normal, removed the controlfile from its original location
> and tried STARTUP it gave me this error..
> ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info.
>
> after i done shutdown normal and tried another restart
> but agin error is..
> ORA-01102: cannot mount database in EXCLUSIVE mode
>
> how can i recover my control file now. should i need be in mount stage, or
> should i recreate controlfile using backup from trace.
>
> pls throw some light on what are different options available now.
>
> Saurabh Sharma
>
> saurabh00pc_at_yahoo.com
> http://www.geocities.com/saurabh00pc/stride.html

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