Suji,

Thanks -- I'm always interested in recovery "war stories" 

Rachel
--- Sujatha Madan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rachel,
> 
> In the end it really didn't turn out to be much of a "solution"
> because I
> ended up losing data. My initial aim was to recover everything
> without
> losing data (isn't it always?)... Anyway, I am trying to recreate the
> initial situation and then I am going to try and find a proper
> solution for
> it. 
> 
> I'll post it up when it works. Also, I found DOC ID: 1013221.6
> "Recovering
> from a lost datafile in a rollback tablespace" extremely useful.
> 
> Regards
> Sujatha
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2003 9:54 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> 
> 
> Suji,
> 
> When you post a question and figure out the answer, please tell us as
> well so we don't have to reinvent the wheel should it ever happen to
> us!
> 
> Rachel
> --- Sujatha Madan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think I've figured it out and now I have more info (after
> > researching a
> > bit more) to solve it.
> > 
> > Sorry for the bother
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Sujatha
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2003 10:49 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am doing some recovery testing and am testing the "corruption" of
> > the rbs
> > datafile. However, I am running into some problems.
> > 
> > What I've done so far:
> > 
> > 1) Shutdown db
> > 2) Copied the backup datafile to proper location
> > 3) Commented the rollback_segments parameter in the init.ora 
> > 4) startup mount
> > 5) Took the rbs datafile offline.
> > 6) Tried to open the database.
> > 
> > When I open the database, I thought it is meant to open "cleanly"
> > because I
> > have taken the datafile offline. However, the db refuses to open
> and
> > says
> > that the rbs datafile needs media recovery. When I query v$datafile
> > it shows
> > the status as "Recover". Is it meant to show a status of
> "Offline"???
> > 
> > Now I can't get the db to open. I have done this kind of recovery
> > before and
> > I remember that the steps involved are:
> > 
> > 1) to 5) as above
> > 6) Open database
> > 7) Create temporary rbs's
> > 8) Recover RBS tablespace
> > 
> > Could some one please help me with this problem? ... or am I doing
> > something
> > totally wrong ???
> > 
> > Oracle: 8.1.7 on W2K ... Test db and machine only.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Sujatha
> > 
> > 
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