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Recover database using Flashback Tables

Posted on January 1st, 2010 in Database backup and Recovery, database recovery scenarios , , ,

In some scenarios, if a user accidentally deleted  rows of a table  and as a DBA you have to recover the table to point in time . How you can recover the rows without using more  time -consuming tablespace point-in-time recovery operation? Flashback Table allows us to recover one or more tables to specific point [...]

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Database instance failures

Posted on December 12th, 2009 in Database backup and Recovery, database recovery scenarios , ,

Instance failure prevents the synchronization of the database’s datafiles and control file before the instance is shutdown. Oracle automatically recovers the instance failure when starting up the database with the STARTUP   command. The main purpose of the instance failure is to bring the control file and database file to the same SCN. Instance recover occurs [...]

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Flashback drop and the recycle Bin

Posted on December 2nd, 2009 in Recover from user errors, database recovery scenarios , , , ,

Flashback Drop is an new features of Oracle 10g features. With Flashback Drop we can restore a dropped table easily without using tablespace point-in-time recovery. Tablespace point-in-time recovery is an time consuming process and had the side effect of losing work from other transactions that occurred within the same tablespace after the table was dropped. [...]

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Recover database with Flashback Query

Posted on November 29th, 2009 in Recover from user errors, database recovery scenarios , , ,

Flashback Query features introduces in Oracle 9i. This features allows us to view the contents of a table as it existed at some point in the recent past. Flashback Query uses the “AS OF TIMESTAMP” clause in the standard SELECT statement.We can specify  the timestamp as any valid expression that evaluates to a date or [...]

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Recover database when all control file and Redo log files are lost

Posted on November 13th, 2009 in database recovery scenarios , ,

As an Oracle DBA , Recover database and maintain high availability is your prime job. Some day  you my faced a scenario where all your control files and online redo log files are lost and you have to recover your database as early as possible. In this section  we will learn how to overcome such [...]

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