Re: EXT :Re: rman duplicate wants a standby control file

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Chitale, Hemant Krishnarao <Hemant.Chitale_at_sc.com> wrote:
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> I would say that you need a separate controlfile backup -- a controlfile autobackup.
> Since yours is a NOCATALOG backup, Oracle cannot identify which backupset contains the controlfile
> (else it would have to probe each backuppeice !).
> However a controlfile autobackup in the "correct" location can be immediately identified.
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> Try with CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON.   (and not having to create a Standby controlfile).
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> Hemant K Chitale
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> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Schauss, Peter (ESS)
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:12 AM
> To: April Sims
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> Subject: RE: EXT :Re: rman duplicate wants a standby control file
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> Thanks.  That worked, but I still don't understand why I need a standby controlfile backup when I am not creating a standby database.
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> -          Peter Schauss
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> From: April Sims [mailto:aprilcsims_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:35 AM
> To: Schauss, Peter (ESS)
> Subject: EXT :Re: rman duplicate wants a standby control file
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> RMAN> BACKUP CURRENT CONTROLFILE FOR STANDBY;
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> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Schauss, Peter (ESS) <peter.schauss_at_ngc.com<mailto:peter.schauss_at_ngc.com>> wrote:
> This is Oracle 11.2.0.1.0 running on Aix 5.3.
>
> I am trying to duplicate a production database to create a test environment (and to test my backup strategy).  My backup script looks like this:
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> export ORACLE_SID=$1
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> rman  nocatalog <<EOF
> connect target sys/syspassword
> run {
>       allocate channel ch1 type disk format '$BACKUP_DIR2/${BASE_NAME}_1_%U.rbk';
>       allocate channel ch2 type disk format '$BACKUP_DIR2/${BASE_NAME}_2_%U.rbk';
>       allocate channel ch3 type disk format '$BACKUP_DIR2/${BASE_NAME}_3_%U.rbk';
>       allocate channel ch4 type disk format '$BACKUP_DIR2/${BASE_NAME}_4_%U.rbk';
>       allocate channel ch5 type disk format '$BACKUP_DIR2/${BASE_NAME}_5_%U.rbk';
>       allocate channel ch6 type disk format '$BACKUP_DIR2/${BASE_NAME}_6_%U.rbk';
>       backup database plus archivelog;
>       sql 'ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT';
> }
> exit
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> My duplicate script is:
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> export ORACLE_SID=pro2qa
> rman nocatalog <<EOF
> connect auxiliary sys/syspassword
> run{
> set newname for datafile 1 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/system01.dbf';
> set newname for datafile 2 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/undotbs01.dbf';
> set newname for datafile 3 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/sysaux01.dbf';
> set newname for datafile 4 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/users01.dbf';
> set newname for datafile 5 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/indxts1_x01.dbf';
> set newname for datafile 6 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/datats1_d01.dbf';
> set newname for tempfile 1 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/temp01.dbf';
> set newname for datafile 7 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/datats2_db01.dbf';
> set newname for datafile 8 to '/u06/oradata/pro2qa/indexts2_db01.dbf';
> duplicate database to pro2qa
> backup location '/orabkup2/pro2/rman'
> logfile
>       group 1('/u06/oradata/pro2qa/redo01.log') size 50m,
>       group 2('/u06/oradata/pro2qa/redo02.log') size 50m,
>       group 3('/u06/oradata/pro2qa/redo03.log') size 50m;
> }
> exit
> EOF
>
> When I run the duplicate script I get:
>
>
> channel ORA_AUX_DISK_1: restoring control file
> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
> RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
> RMAN-03002: failure of Duplicate Db command at 11/03/2011 09:05:44
> RMAN-03015: error occurred in stored script Memory Script
> ORA-19697: standby control file not found in backup set
>
> Why is it asking for standby control file?
>
> Looking at the output from my backup script I see that the control file is being backed up:
>       including current control file in backup set channel ch5
>
> I also backed up the control file separately using:
>       alter database backup controlfile to <file nam>;
>
> FWIW, a search for ORA-19697 on MOS turns up nothing.
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> Also, when I ran this same script several months ago I was able to successfully duplicate the database.
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> What's going on here?
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> Thanks,
> Peter Schauss
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