Rmora_restore – HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle Licenses User Manual

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rmora_restore

SYNTAX

rmora_restore -s <oracle_sid> -p <db_server> [-t <timestamp>] [-T

<tablespaces>] [-D <dbf1,dbf2,...>] [-m <mountpoint>] [-h <alt_server>]

[-S <alt_sid>] [-H <alt_home>] [-c] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

Restores database files from a Virtual Copy backup image.

The rmora_restore command restores databases, tablespaces, data files, and/or archive logs
from a Virtual Copy backup image. The Virtual Copy must have been previously backed up using
the rmora_backup command. The Virtual Copy must have a status of Y in order to be restored.
The Virtual Copy’s backup status can be retrieved using the rmora_display command.

For NBU (User-managed) restore, the command can also be used to restore to an alternate server
on an alternate mount point. For Oracle RMAN restore, it is always restored to the database server.

If a Virtual Copy’s name is not specified, the rmora_restore command restores from the most
recent full back up.

Restore is not supported on Remote Copy configuration.

The following restrictions apply when restoring from a Virtual Copy’s backup image:

When restoring the database control file (-c option), the current database instance must be
in STARTED mode (startup nomount). If the database is a Real Application Cluster (RAC)
database, all other RAC instances must be in CLOSED mode. Restoring the database control
file along with individual datafile or tablespace is not supported as it is not possible to perform
media recovery. If the original database is a physical standby database, the backup control
file generally cannot be used to restore to the primary (production) database since they are
not compatible unless Oracle 11g is in use and Oracle RMAN is used to restore.

When restoring a database instance without restoring control file, the database instance must
be in MOUNTED mode. If the database is a Real Application Cluster (RAC) database, all
other RAC instances must be in CLOSED mode.

When restoring individual tablespaces or datafiles, the database can be in OPEN or
MOUNTED mode. If the database is in OPEN mode, the corresponding tablespaces must be
offline.

Restoring control files along with datafiles and/or tablespaces is not allowed.

If the database is an ASM managed database, all ASM disk groups must be mounted prior
to running this command.

For NBU (user-managed) restore, a file named
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/altnames/<alt_server>

must be created on the NBU

master server in order to perform restoration to a host (including the original database server)
that differs from the backup server. <alt_server> is the host name of the database server
to restore.

Starting with Oracle 11g, a RMAN backup image of a standby database, which was backup
to local disk, cannot be restored using the rmora_restore command since the backup

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