Re: Oracle Recovery

> If you opened the database with RESETLOGS, then your current database is
> a different incarnation and the old backups from the previous
> incarnation cannot be used.

-> that seems to be the general opinion - however Lawrence To & Stefan Pommerenk
have written a whitepaper some time ago called 'Recovery past resetlogs in Oracle7 & Oracle8'
which shows it's possible to recover past a resetlogs using RMAN and old-skool recovery techniques...

I have not tested it on 9i tho ...

"Brian Peasland" <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:4044DFAA.FAB928F4_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...
> When you did your previous recovery, how did you open the database? With
> RESETLOGS?
>
> > Can I roll forward logs accross a previous recovery. The previous
> > recovery initiated was not what I needed and I need to go back
> > further, restore the data files, and then roll forward the logs
> > accross the previous recovery.
>
> If you opened the database normally, then you can restore the file(s)
> you need to from your previous backup and simply apply recovery again.
>
> If you opened the database with RESETLOGS, then your current database is
> a different incarnation and the old backups from the previous
> incarnation cannot be used. This is why a full backup should be taken
> immediately after opening a database with RESETLOGS.
>
> HTH,
> Brian
>
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Received on Wed Mar 03 2004 - 12:52:24 CST