Re: lost control file..

first thing is you should have MORE than one copy of the control file mirrored on different drives.
you then copy one of the good ones to the other destination(s).

if you lost ALL of them, then breakout the oracle docs about catastrophic loss of all controlfiles.

joe
> Saurabh Sharma wrote:
>
> hi all,
> i was experimenting with my test db, and trying to recover the control
> file.
> i taken backup of control file as
> ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE;
> and also
> ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO 'NEW LOCATION';
>
> i then shutdown normal, removed the controlfile from its original
> location and tried STARTUP
> it gave me this error..
> ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more
> info.
>
> after i done shutdown normal and tried another restart
> but agin error is..
> ORA-01102: cannot mount database in EXCLUSIVE mode
>
> how can i recover my control file now. should i need be in mount
> stage, or should i recreate controlfile using backup from trace.
>
> pls throw some light on what are different options available now.
>
> Saurabh Sharma
>
> saurabh00pc_at_yahoo.com
> http://www.geocities.com/saurabh00pc/stride.html

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