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Subject: Another Newbie Question: How to restore data .bkp w/o info on orig. 
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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:37:08 -0800 (PST)
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First, I apologize for the dumb question.  We are not Oracle Gurus,
but are given a dataset we need to examine before passing along.  In
the past they gave us exp files and we figured out a way to get into
them by adding all the usernames it asked for and then using the imp
command to bring the db live.  This time a different company gave us
there files, but they gave them to us in .bkp format.  There is are
three folders(autobackup, backupset, onlinelog).  Under the first two
there are subfolders with a date and inside a file with .bkp.  The
thrird are 2 .log files.  I get from researching that I need to use
the rman commands, but I don't know db names, dbid etc from the
original.  Any links to how I should proceed?  Thanks for your help!