You can restore Oracle RAC data to a new host, or to a new host and a new database.
Data Available to Restore
You can restore any of the following data:
The database and control file
The database
The control file
Individual tablespaces and the control file
Individual tablespaces
Before You Begin
Set the database to the correct mode defined in the table.
Control file in the restore | Required database mode |
|---|---|
Control file is included in the restore | NOMOUNT |
Control file not included in the restore | MOUNT |
Procedure
From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Databases.
The Instances page appears.
Click the instance.
The instance page appears.
On the Overview tab, in the Recovery points section, select the backup to restore, and then click Restore.
The Backup content page appears.
Select the data that you want to restore, and then click Restore.
The Restore options dialog box appears.
Select the Out of place tab.
From the Destination server list, select the host to restore to.
From the Destination instance list, select the instance to restore to.
To change the number of streams to use for the restore, in the Number of streams box, enter the number of streams to use.
To redirect the database or individual table spaces, do the following:
Click Redirect options.
The Redirect path options dialog box appears.
To redirect the database, click Database, and then enter the full path for the new location of the database.
To redirect individual tablespaces and datafiles, click Tablespaces and datafiles. For each tablespace that you want to redirect:
Expand the tablespace.
In the Datafiles box, change the path to the new location.
To redirect the temporary tablespaces, move the Redirect temporary tablespaces toggle to the right, and then enter the full path for the new location.
To change the characteristics of the online redo logs, move the Online redo logs toggle to the right, and then enter the information for the redo logs.
Click Save.
Select the data that you want to restore.
These options only appear if you chose to restore all the tablespaces.
To restore the database or individual tablespaces, select the Database check box and clear the Control file check box.
To restore the control file, clear the Database check box and select the Control file check box.
To restore the SP file, clear the Database check box and select the SP File check box.
To restore the log files, clear the Database check box.
For Recover to, specify how you want to apply the archive files to the data files.
The SCN option restores the database to the System Change Number (SCN) that you specify. The SCN tracks the timing of transactions in the database. The SCNs are stored in the control files and the datafile headers. You can recover the database to the most recent existing SCN number in the control file, which is the most recent consistent database state.
To automatically move the database or selected tablespaces to the correct offline mode before the restore, select the Switch Database Mode check box.
Click Submit.