Purpose of Catalog Database

A base recovery catalog is a database schema that contains RMAN metadata for a set of target databases. A virtual private catalog is a set of synonyms and views that enable user access to a subset of a base recovery catalog.

Catalog Database can be two types

  • Base recovery catalog
  • Virtual private catalog.

For more details

https://docs.oracle.com/html/E10643_07/rcmsynta013.htm

Create the tablespace for catalog user

SQL> create tablespace rman_cat datafile ‘D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\cat_01\rman_cat02.DBF’ SIZE 100M;

Tablespace created.

SQL> create user anuradha identified by anuradha default tablespace rman_cat temporary tablespace temp_1;

User created.

SQL> grant connect,resource,recovery_catalog_owner to anuradha;

Grant succeeded.

Now connect to RMAN with Catalog user

RMAN> connect catalog anuradha/anuradha@cat

connected to recovery catalog database

RMAN> create catalog tablespace rman_cat

recovery catalog created

Take a backup with Catalog database.

C:\>rman target sys/sys@dba_01 catalog Anuradha/anuradha@cat01

Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 – Production on Mon Jul 12 16:08:21 2010

Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.

connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=847839442)

connected to recovery catalog database

RMAN> run

{

allocate channel c1 type disk;

allocate channel c2 type disk;

backup database;

}

RMAN> report schema;

If any physical structure changes in target database then this command required for resynchronization.

RMAN> resync catalog;

starting full resync of recovery catalog

full resync complete

RMAN> reset database;

database incarnation already registered

This command required only when incomplete recovery occurred in the target database. Remove the one or more datafiles and try to restart the database

SQL> shutdown immediate;

Database closed.

Database dismounted.

Delete some Datafile

SQL> startup;

ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 167772160 bytes

Fixed Size 1247876 bytes

Variable Size 75498876 bytes

Database Buffers 83886080 bytes

Redo Buffers 7139328 bytes

Database mounted.

ORA-01157: cannot identify/lock data file 1 – see DBWR trace file

ORA-01110: data file 1: ‘D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\DBA20\SYSTEM01.DBF’

Restore the deleted file with catalog

C:\>rman target sys/sys@dba_01 catalog anuradha/anuradha@cat01

RMAN> run

{

allocate channel c1 type disk;

allocate channel c2 type disk;

restore database;

recover database;

}

SQL> alter database open;

Database altered.

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