Oracle Recovery 02 - Controlfile

SYS@orcl11g> archive log list;
Database log mode              Archive Mode
Automatic archival             Enabled
Archive destination            USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Oldest online log sequence     56
Next log sequence to archive   58
Current log sequence           58
SYS@orcl11g> 
SYS@orcl11g> select open_mode from v$database;

OPEN_MODE
--------------------
READ WRITE

SYS@orcl11g> set line 150 pagesize 9999
SYS@orcl11g> col name for a60
SYS@orcl11g> select * from v$controlfile;

STATUS  NAME                                                         IS_ BLOCK_SIZE FILE_SIZE_BLKS
------- ------------------------------------------------------------ --- ---------- --------------
		/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl                NO       16384            594
		/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl     NO       16384            594

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> alter database backup controlfile to trace as '/home/oracle/orcl11g.control.bak.sql';

Database altered.

SYS@orcl11g> 

[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ rm /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl
[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ rm /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl

SYS@orcl11g> alter system switch logfile;

System altered.

SYS@orcl11g> /

System altered.

SYS@orcl11g> /

System altered.

SYS@orcl11g> alter system checkpoint;

System altered.

SYS@orcl11g> /

System altered.

SYS@orcl11g> /

System altered.

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> shu immediate
Database closed.
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl'
ORA-27041: unable to open file
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3

SYS@orcl11g> !ps -ef | grep smon
oracle    2074     1  0 15:25 ?        00:00:00 ora_smon_orcl11g
oracle    2291  2044  0 15:53 pts/3    00:00:00 /bin/bash -c ps -ef | grep smon
oracle    2293  2291  0 15:53 pts/3    00:00:00 grep smon

SYS@orcl11g> shu abort
ORACLE instance shut down.
SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 1556787200 bytes
Fixed Size                  1364844 bytes
Variable Size             889195668 bytes
Database Buffers          654311424 bytes
Redo Buffers               11915264 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info


SYS@orcl11g> 

MMNL started with pid=16, OS id=2330 
starting up 1 dispatcher(s) for network address '(ADDRESS=(PARTIAL=YES)(PROTOCOL=TCP))'...
starting up 1 shared server(s) ...
ORACLE_BASE from environment = /u01/app/oracle
Wed May 23 15:54:45 2018
ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT...
Wed May 23 15:54:45 2018
Checker run found 2 new persistent data failures

[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ ps -ef | grep ckpt | grep -v grep
oracle    2072     1  0 15:25 ?        00:00:00 ora_ckpt_orcl11g
[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ cd /proc/2072/fd
[oracle@databasevm001 fd]$ ls -ltr
total 0
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 9 -> /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_1/dbs/hc_orcl11g.dat
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 8 -> /dev/zero
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 7 -> /proc/2072/fd
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 6 -> /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_1/rdbms/mesg/oraus.msb
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 5 -> /dev/null
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 4 -> /dev/null
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 3 -> /dev/null
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 262 -> /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/data01.dbf
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 261 -> /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/users01.dbf
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 260 -> /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/undotbs01.dbf
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 259 -> /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/sysaux01.dbf
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 258 -> /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/system01.dbf
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 257 -> /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl (deleted)
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 256 -> /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl (deleted)
l-wx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 2 -> /dev/null
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 11 -> /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_1/rdbms/mesg/oraus.msb
lrwx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 10 -> /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_1/dbs/lkORCL11G
l-wx------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 1 -> /dev/null
lr-x------. 1 oracle oinstall 64 May 23 15:50 0 -> /dev/null
[oracle@databasevm001 fd]$ 

SYS@orcl11g> select status from v$instance;

STATUS
------------
STARTED

SYS@orcl11g> show parameter db_name

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
db_name                              string      orcl11g
SYS@orcl11g> 
SYS@orcl11g> select * from v$version;

BANNER
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.4.0 - Production
CORE    11.2.0.4.0      Production
TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production

SYS@orcl11g> 

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
select distinct dbms_rowid.rowid_relative_fno(rowid) file#,
	dbms_rowid.rowid_block_number(rowid) block#
from props$;

	FILE#     BLOCK#
---------- ----------
		1        801
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ ls -l /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/system01.dbf
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall 796925952 May 23 15:52 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/system01.dbf
[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$
[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ dd if=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/system01.dbf of=/home/oracle/system01_01.tmp bs=8192 skip=801 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
8192 bytes (8.2 kB) copied, 0.000332498 s, 24.6 MB/s
[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ 
[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ strings /home/oracle/system01_01.tmp
~
NLS_CALENDAR    GREGORIAN
Calendar system,
NLS_CHARACTERSET
AL32UTF8
Character set,
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS
~
[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ 

Check whether there is archivelog files in archivelog directory.

NORESETLOGS: redo log doesn't drop/miss..
REDO LOG日志没有丢失时使用NORESETLOGS脚本创建控制文件

RESETLOGS:redo log was missed
REDO LOG日志丢失

STARTUP NOMOUNT
CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "orcl11g" NORESETLOGS  ARCHIVELOG
	MAXLOGFILES 16
	MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
	MAXDATAFILES 100
	MAXINSTANCES 8
	MAXLOGHISTORY 292
LOGFILE
GROUP 1 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo01.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
GROUP 2 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo02.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
GROUP 3 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo03.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512
-- STANDBY LOGFILE
DATAFILE
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/system01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/sysaux01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/undotbs01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/users01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/data01.dbf'
CHARACTER SET AL32UTF8
;

SYS@orcl11g> select open_mode from v$database;

OPEN_MODE
--------------------
MOUNTED

SYS@orcl11g> !ls /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl

SYS@orcl11g> !ls /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl
/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> select SEQUENCE#,RESETLOGS_ID from v$archived_log;

no rows selected

SYS@orcl11g> 

[oracle@databasevm001 2018_05_23]$ pwd
/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/ORCL11G/archivelog/2018_05_23
[oracle@databasevm001 2018_05_23]$ ls -ltr
total 16144
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall 16515584 May 23 15:37 o1_mf_1_58_fjc2ojps_.arc
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall     1024 May 23 15:37 o1_mf_1_59_fjc2olrx_.arc
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall     7168 May 23 15:37 o1_mf_1_60_fjc2ops4_.arc
[oracle@databasevm001 2018_05_23]$ 


alter database register physical logfile '/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/ORCL11G/archivelog/2018_05_23/o1_mf_1_58_fjc2ojps_.arc';
alter database register physical logfile '/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/ORCL11G/archivelog/2018_05_23/o1_mf_1_59_fjc2olrx_.arc';
alter database register physical logfile '/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/ORCL11G/archivelog/2018_05_23/o1_mf_1_60_fjc2ops4_.arc';

# Example:
rman target /
catalog start with '/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/ORCL11G/archivelog/2018_05_23/*.arc';


SYS@orcl11g> select SEQUENCE#,RESETLOGS_ID from v$archived_log;

SEQUENCE# RESETLOGS_ID
---------- ------------
		58    961600948
		59    961600948
		60    961600948

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> recover database;
ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors
ORA-00264: no recovery required


SYS@orcl11g> alter system archive log all;

System altered.

SYS@orcl11g> alter database open;

Database altered.

SYS@orcl11g> ALTER TABLESPACE TEMP ADD TEMPFILE '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/temp01.dbf' SIZE 500m  REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 50m  MAXSIZE 32767M;

Tablespace altered.

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> col  name for a60
SYS@orcl11g> select status,name from v$controlfile;

STATUS  NAME
------- ------------------------------------------------------------
		/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl
		/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl

SYS@orcl11g> select file#,name from v$datafile;

	FILE# NAME
---------- ------------------------------------------------------------
		1 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/system01.dbf
		2 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/sysaux01.dbf
		3 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/undotbs01.dbf
		4 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/users01.dbf
		5 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/data01.dbf

SYS@orcl11g> col member for a50
SYS@orcl11g> select group#,status,member from v$logfile;

	GROUP# STATUS  MEMBER
---------- ------- --------------------------------------------------
		1 STALE   /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo01.log
		3         /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo03.log
		2         /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo02.log

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> shu immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SYS@orcl11g> host rm /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo*.log

SYS@orcl11g> host rm /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl

SYS@orcl11g> host rm /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl

SYS@orcl11g> 

STARTUP NOMOUNT
CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "orcl11g" RESETLOGS  ARCHIVELOG
	MAXLOGFILES 16
	MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
	MAXDATAFILES 100
	MAXINSTANCES 8
	MAXLOGHISTORY 292
LOGFILE
GROUP 1 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo01.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
GROUP 2 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo02.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
GROUP 3 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/redo03.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512
-- STANDBY LOGFILE
DATAFILE
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/system01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/sysaux01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/undotbs01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/users01.dbf',
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/data01.dbf'
CHARACTER SET AL32UTF8
;

SYS@orcl11g> select open_mode from v$database;

OPEN_MODE
--------------------
MOUNTED

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> recover database;
ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors
ORA-01610: recovery using the BACKUP CONTROLFILE option must be done
SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
ORA-00279: change 1406291 generated at 05/31/2018 04:26:49 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/ORCL11G/archivelog/2018_05_31/o1_mf_1_63_%u_.arc
ORA-00280: change 1406291 for thread 1 is in sequence #63


Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
cancel	-----------------------------------> Input the word: "cancel"
Media recovery cancelled.
SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> alter database open resetlogs;

Database altered.

SYS@orcl11g> 

SYS@orcl11g> ALTER TABLESPACE TEMP ADD TEMPFILE '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/temp01.dbf' SIZE 500m  REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 50m  MAXSIZE 32767M;

Tablespace altered.

SYS@orcl11g> 

1.在不完全恢复（介质恢复）时 / Incompleted recover mode.
2.使用备份的控制文件进行数据库恢复时 / Use the backup controlfile to recover database.
3.丢失redo log，并使用RESETLOGS方式手工创建控制文件进行数据库恢复时 / Missed redo logs and use resetlogs to re-create controlfile.

If you lose all redo log files for the database. It can be deleted by mistake or disk corruption.
If you database recovery needed by redo log group corruption
If you don’t have archive log backups to finish the incomplete recovery of the database.
If your ‘open resetlogs command’ fails with error ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent

[oracle@databasevm001 ~]$ rman target /

Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu May 31 04:40:30 2018

Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.

connected to target database: ORCL11G (DBID=1068485233)

RMAN> show all;

using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name ORCL11G are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_1/dbs/snapcf_orcl11g.f'; # default

RMAN> 
RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;

new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored

RMAN> 
RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/home/oracle/backup/control_file_bak_%F';

new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/home/oracle/backup/control_file_bak_%F';
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored

RMAN> 
RMAN> backup database format '/home/oracle/backup/full_bak_%d_%T_%s_%U.bak';

After backup database, it will backup controlfile automatically.

[oracle@databasevm001 backup]$ ls -ltr
total 9751456
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall 9975332864 May 31 04:50 full_bak_ORCL11G_20180531_1_01t48bav_1_1.bak
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall   10158080 May 31 04:50 control_file_bak_c-1068485233-20180531-00
[oracle@databasevm001 backup]$ 


RMAN> list incarnation;


List of Database Incarnations
DB Key  Inc Key DB Name  DB ID            STATUS  Reset SCN  Reset Time
------- ------- -------- ---------------- --- ---------- ----------
1       1       ORCL11G  1068485233       PARENT  635002     01-DEC-17
2       2       ORCL11G  1068485233       CURRENT 1406292    31-MAY-18

RMAN> 

Or

SYS@orcl11g> select * from v$database_incarnation;

RMAN> restore controlfile to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl' from '/home/oracle/backup/control_file_bak_c-1068485233-20180531-00';

Starting restore at 31-MAY-18
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=129 device type=DISK

channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring control file
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 05/31/2018 05:03:20
ORA-19607: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl is an active control file

RMAN> 

*** after that, it should keep all the controlfiles are the same.

SYS@orcl11g> alter database mount;
alter database mount
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00214: control file '/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl' version 2826 inconsistent with file '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl' version 2796


SYS@orcl11g> host cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl11g/control02.ctl

SYS@orcl11g> alter database mount;

Database altered.

SYS@orcl11g> 

RMAN> restore controlfile to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl11g/control01.ctl' from '/home/oracle/backup/control_file_bak_c-1068485233-20180531-00';

Starting restore at 31-MAY-18
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=129 device type=DISK

channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring control file
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
Finished restore at 31-MAY-18

RMAN> 

cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl 

SQL> alter database mount;

Database altered.

SQL> alter database open;

Database altered.

Parameter Name                            Description
----------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
_allow_error_simulation                   Allow error simulation for testing
_allow_read_only_corruption               allow read-only open even if database is corrupt
_allow_resetlogs_corruption               allow resetlogs even if it will cause corruption
_allow_terminal_recovery_corruption       Finish terminal recovery even if it may cause corruption
_corrupted_rollback_segments              corrupted undo segment list



_ALLOW_RESETLOGS_CORRUPTION=TRUE
This parameter helps to open the database even the datafile headers are not sync with the SCN details. It will allow you to open the database with resetlogs option even the datafiles needed recovery. As soon as the database opens with resetlogs the next check point SCN will get updated to the datafile headers. This leaves the database to an unknown state as it avoids the rolling forward process.

_CORRUPTED_ROLLBACK_SEGMENTS=(_SYSSMU10_1912826470$,..)
This parameter is used to corrupt the active rollback segments and which will not be used in the open database. Using this parameter you can drop the rollback segments as well as the undo tablespaces. 

_allow_error_simulation=TRUE
This parameter allows the error simulation for testing purpose. Normally it used for Oracle internal purpose.

_minimum_giga_scn=<number>
This parameter is similar to the ADJUST_SCN event to advance the database SCN to higher value (ahead value). The database should be rebuilt after using this parameter and you should get support from Oracle to decide the value. This parameter is useful in some recovery situations where the current SCN needs to be incremented by a large value to ensure it is ahead of the highest SCN in the database. Typically it needed for ORA-600 [2662] errors to be recoverd.


DB_Parameter _ALLOW_RESETLOGS_CORRUPTION 
========================================

This documentation has been prepared avoiding the mention of the complex 
structures from the code and to simply give an insight to the 'damage it could 
cause'.  The usage of this parameter leads to an in-consistent Database with no 
other alternative but to rebuild the complete Database.  This parameter could 
be used when we realize that there are no stardard options available and are 
convinced that the customer understands the implications of using the Oracle's 
secret parameter.  The factors to be considered are ;-- 

1. Customer does not have a good backup. 
2. A lot of time and money has been invested after the last good backup and     
there is no possibility for reproduction of the lost data. 
3. The customer has to be ready to export the full database and import it     
back after creating a new one. 
4. There is no 100% guarantee that by using this parameter the database would 
come up. 
5. Oracle does not support the database after using this parameter for       
recovery.    
6. ALL OPTIONS including the ones mentioned in the action part of the error   
message have been tried. 




By setting _ALLOW_RESETLOGS_CORRUPTION=TRUE, certain consistency checks are 
SKIPPED during database open stage.  This basically means it does not check 
the datafile headers as to what the status was before the shutdown and how it 
was shutdown.  The following cases mention few of the checks that were skipped. 

Case-I 
------ 
Verification that the datafile present has not been restored from a BACKUP 
taken before the database was opened successfully by using RESETLOGS.   

ORA-01190: control file or data file %s is from before the last RESETLOGS
	Cause: Attempting to use a data file when the log reset information in 
		the file does not match the control file.  Either the data file or  
		the control file is a backup that was made before the most recent 
		ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS. 
Action: Restore file from a more recent backup. 


Case-II 
------- 
Verification that the status bit of the datafile is not in a FUZZY state. 
The datafile could be in this state due to the database going down when the  
- Datafile was on-line and open
- Datafile was not closed cleanly (maybe due to OS). 

ORA-01194: file %s needs more recovery to be consistent 
	Cause: An incomplete recover session was started, but an insufficient 
		number of logs were applied to make the file consistent.  The  
		reported file was not closed cleanly when it was last opened by 
		the database.  It must be recovered to a time when it was not  
		being updated.  The most likely cause of this error is forgetting 
		to restore the file from a backup before doing incomplete  
		recovery. 
Action: Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the 
		file from an older backup and repeat recovery. 


Case-III 
-------- 
Verification that the COMPLETE recover strategies have been applied for
recovering the datafile and not any of the INCOMPLETE recovery options.  
Basically because the complete recovery is one in which we even apply the 
ON-LINE redo log files and open the DB without reseting the logs. 

ORA-01113: file '%s' needs media recovery starting at log sequence # %s 
	Cause: An attempt was made to open a database file that is in need of  
		media recovery. 
Action: First apply media recovery to the file. 


Case-IV 
------- 
Verification that the datafile has been recovered through an END BACKUP if the 
control file indicates that it was in backup mode. 
This is useful when the DB has crashed while in hot backup mode and we lost 
all log files in DB version's less than V7.2. 

ORA-01195: on-line backup of file %s needs more recovery to be consistent" 
	Cause: An incomplete recovery session was started, but an insufficient  
		number of logs were applied to make the file consistent.  The 
		reported file is an on-line backup which must be recovered to the 
		time the backup ended. 
Action: Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or resotre 
		the database files from an older backup and repeat recovery. 

In version 7.2, we could simply issue the ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE xxxx END 
BACKUP statement and proceed with the recovery.  But again to issue this 
statement, we need to have the ON-LINE redo logs or else we still are forced to
use this parameter. 


Case-V 
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Verification that the data file status is not still in (0x10) MEDIA recovery 
FUZZY. 
When recovery is started, a flag is set in the datafile header status flag to 
indicate that the file is presently in media recovery.  This is reset when 
recovery is completed and at times when it has not been reset we are forced to 
use this paramter. 

ORA-01196: file %s is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session 
	Cause: The file was being recovered but the recovery did not terminate 
		normally.  This left the file in an inconsistent state.  No more 
		recovery was successfully completed on this file. 
Action: Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the 
		backup again and repeat recovery. 


Case-VI 
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Verification that the datafile has been restored form a proper backup to 
correspond with the log files.  This situation could happen when we have 
decided that the data file is invalid since its SCN is ahead of the last 
applied logs SCN but it has not failed on one of the ABOVE CHECKS. 

ORA-01152: file '%s' was not restored from a sufficientluy old backup" 
	Cause: A manual recovery session was started, but an insufficient number 
		of logs were applied to make the database consistent.  This file is 
		still in the future of the last log applied.  Note that this  
		mistake can not always be caught. 
Action: Either apply more logs until the database is consistent or 
		restore the database file from an older backup and repeat  
		recovery.