yes it is possible, can be used to see how far down a recovery process you
are. Is this a RAC database?
On 01/06/06, Baumgartel, Paul <paul.baumgartel_at_credit-suisse.com> wrote:
>
> Oracle 9.2.0.6 on 64-bit Solaris 5.8.
>
> We have a BCV setup to maintain a copy of a production database on another
> server. The BCV is updated every night. Tablespaces are placed in backup
> mode beforehand and taken out after.
>
> I am told by other DBAs that they have successfully performed the
> following:
>
> startup mount
> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel
>
> ...apply a few logs
> ... cancel
>
> alter database open read only;
>
> We do NOT want to open resetlogs. The purpose of this exercise is to see
> if we can use the BCV copy for reporting, but still be able to recover it
> further if need be.
>
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