RE: RMAN Restore Of Data Guard DB

Ok, I got it to work by creating a new, empty database and restoring to it. I don't know what was different about the database I was using yesterday. I used the exact same commands, changing the database name and server name.

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> On Behalf Of Mladen Gogala Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 10:13 AM
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Subject: Re: RMAN Restore Of Data Guard DB

Hi Scott!

The directory names are changed through "set newname" command in RMAN. There are at least two ways you can do that:

• Set db_file_name_convert and log_file_name_convert parameters in the spfile$SID.ora
• Use Commvault restore mask "redirect" option to edit each and every file.

Both methods will send the files to different directory. BTW, I no longer work for Commvault Systems.

Regards
On 7/19/19 9:27 AM, Scott Canaan wrote:
I have a data guard primary database in Oracle 12.1.0.2. It is backed up with RMAN, via CommVault. I want to do a test restore to a non-data guard database. The problem I'm having is that when I do the restore, it keeps trying to create the files on the secondary and fails because the directory doesn't exist. I know there has to be a way to do this, but I can't find it in any of the RMAN documentation.

What I'm doing is connect to the target database, which is open nomount. Then set the dbid to the source database, allocate the channels, and do a duplicate database. I think what's happening is that it's bringing the control files from the source and then it gets confused because the control files know about the secondary database.

Scott Canaan '88
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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