Re: How to restore Archive files from old Rman backup.

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com> wrote:

> Hopefully you're using controlfile autobackups (I always recommend this,
> especially if you're not using a recovery catalog), in which case you can
> just follow the steps here to restore from autobackup:
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> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14192/recov004.htm#sthref567
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> You'll want to use the SET UNTIL clause to set the window you want RMAN to
> search for autobackups.
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You will likely want to RTFM on restoring an autobackup controlfile.

It can take a very long time to find the file in your tape library.

There are a couple of parameters that can be used to spend less time on it, MAXSEQDAYS IIRC, and another the name of which I can't recall.

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