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Performing block-level recovery with Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)

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You can configure SnapManager to catalog its backups in Recovery Manager (RMAN), an Oracle tool, so that you can perform a block-level recovery using RMAN. RMAN can use either the database's control files or a separate recovery catalog database as its repository.

  1. To perform a full offline backup using SnapManager, enter the following command:

    smo backup create -offline-full-profileprofile_name-labelbackup_label_name-verbose

    Where:

    • profile_name is the name of the profile associated with the backup

    • backup_label_name is the name of the backup label

smo backup create -offline -full -profile profile_monthly
-label full_backup -verbose

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SMO-07109 [INFO ]: Cataloguing all files in backup set with RMAN
TAG=SMC_full_backup_1158773581857, RMAN=ES0/controlfile.
...
SMO-13037 [INFO ]: Successfully completed operation: Backup
SMO-13048 [INFO ]: Operation Status: SUCCESS
SMO-13049 [INFO ]: Elapsed Time: 0:02:20.506
Operation Id [ff8080810dcc47e3010dcc47eb7a0001] succeeded.
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  1. To verify that the backup is cataloged with RMAN, from the database host, enter the following command at the RMAN prompt:

    list datafilecopy tag tag_name;

    RMAN> list datafilecopy tag SMO_full_backup_1158773581857;
    
    Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Sep 20 10:33:41 2008
    Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
    using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
     List of Datafile Copies
     Key File S Completion Time Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
     ------- ---- - --------------- ---------- --------------- ---
     335 1 A 20-SEP-08 1347825 20-SEP-08
     /opt/<path>/smo/mnt/Host4_ES0_SMO_E_ES0_F_C_0_ff8080810dcc47e3010dcc47eb7a0001
     /system01.dbf
     336 2 A 20-SEP-08 1347825 20-SEP-08
     /opt/<path>/smo/mnt/Host4_ES0_SMO_E_ES0_F_C_0_ff8080810dcc47e3010dcc47eb7a0001
     /undotbs01.dbf
     334 3 A 20-SEP-08 1347825 20-SEP-08
     /opt/<path>/smo/mnt/Host4_ES0_SMO_E_ES0_F_C_0_ff8080810dcc47e3010dcc47eb7a0001
     /sysaux01.dbf
     333 4 A 20-SEP-08 1347825 20-SEP-08
     /opt/<path>/smo/mnt/Host4_ES0_SMO_E_ES0_F_C_0_ff8080810dcc47e3010dcc47eb7a0001
     /user01.dbf
     337 5 A 20-SEP-08 1347825 20-SEP-08
     RMAN>
  2. To verify the database and determine if any blocks are corrupted, enter the following command:

    dbv FILE=user01.dbf

    The following output shows that two pages are corrupt:

    DBVERIFY: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Sep 20 13:35:44 2006
    Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
    DBVERIFY - Verification starting : FILE = user01.dbf
    Page 625 is marked corrupt
    Corrupt block relative dba: 0x01400271 (file 5, block 625)
    Bad header found during dbv:
    Data in bad block:
    type: 240 format: 6 rdba: 0xed323b81
    last change scn: 0x6f07.faa74628 seq: 0x87 flg: 0x02
    spare1: 0x60 spare2: 0x5 spare3: 0xef7d
    consistency value in tail: 0xa210fe71
    check value in block header: 0x13c7
    block checksum disabled...
    Page 627 is marked corrupt
    Corrupt block relative dba: 0x01400273 (file 5, block 627)
    Bad header found during dbv:
    Data in bad block:
    type: 158 format: 7 rdba: 0x2101e16d
    last change scn: 0xe828.42414628 seq: 0xb4 flg: 0xff
    spare1: 0xcc spare2: 0x81 spare3: 0x8665
    consistency value in tail: 0x46d20601
    check value in block header: 0x1a84
    computed block checksum: 0x6c30
    DBVERIFY - Verification complete
    Total Pages Examined : 1280
    Total Pages Processed (Data) : 1123
    Total Pages Failing (Data) : 0
    Total Pages Processed (Index): 0
    Total Pages Failing (Index): 0
    Total Pages Processed (Other): 34
    Total Pages Processed (Seg) : 0
    Total Pages Failing (Seg) : 0
    Total Pages Empty : 120
    Total Pages Marked Corrupt: 2
    Total Pages Influx : 0
    Highest block SCN : 1337349 (0.1337349)
  3. To make the files from the backup accessible on the host and to RMAN, mount the backup by using the following command:

    smo backup mount -profileprofile_name-labellabel-verbose

    smo backup mount -profile SALES1 -label full_backup -verbose
    
    SMO-13046 [INFO ]: Operation GUID 8abc013111b9088e0111b908a7560001 starting on Profile SALES1
    SMO-08052 [INFO ]: Beginning to connect mount(s) [/mnt/ssys1/logs, /mnt/ssys1/data] from logical snapshot SMO_SALES1_hsdb1_F_C_1_8abc013111a450480111a45066210001.
    SMO-08025 [INFO ]: Beginning to connect mount /mnt/ssys1/logs from snapshot SMO_SALES1_hsdb1_F_C_1_8abc013111a450480111a45066210001_0 of volume hs_logs.
    SMO-08027 [INFO ]: Finished connecting mount /mnt/ssys1/logs from snapshot SMO_SALES1_hsdb1_F_C_1_8abc013111a450480111a45066210001_0 of volume hs_logs.
    SMO-08025 [INFO ]: Beginning to connect mount /mnt/ssys1/data from snapshot SMO_SALES1_hsdb1_F_C_1_8abc013111a450480111a45066210001_0 of volume hs_data.
    SMO-08027 [INFO ]: Finished connecting mount /mnt/ssys1/data from snapshot SMO_SALES1_hsdb1_F_C_1_8abc013111a450480111a45066210001_0 of volume hs_data.
    SMO-08053 [INFO ]: Finished connecting mount(s) [/mnt/ssys1/logs, /mnt/ssys1/data] from logical snapshot SMO_SALES1_hsdb1_F_C_1_8abc013111a450480111a45066210001.
    SMO-13037 [INFO ]: Successfully completed operation: Backup Mount
    SMO-13048 [INFO ]: Operation Status: SUCCESS
    SMO-13049 [INFO ]: Elapsed Time: 0:01:00.981
    Operation Id [8abc013111b9088e0111b908a7560001] succeeded.
  4. To recover the blocks, in RMAN, enter the following command:

    blockrecover datafile ‘/mountpoint/path/file.dbf' block block_id, from tag backup_rman_tag

    RMAN> blockrecover datafile
    ‘/mnt/ssys1/Host4_ES0/file01.dbf’ block 625, 626, 627
    from tag SMO_full_backup_1158773581857;
    
    Starting blockrecover at 20-SEP-08 using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
    allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
    channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=153 devtype=DISK
    channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring block(s) from datafile copy
     /opt/NetApp/smo/mnt/_mnt_ssys1_Host4_ES0_SMO_E_ES0_F_C_0_ff8080810dcc47e3010dcc47eb7a0001/user01.dbf
    starting media recovery
    media recovery complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
    Finished blockrecover at 20-SEP-08
  5. To verify if the blocks have been repaired, use the following command:

    dbv FILE=filename.dbf

    The following output shows that no pages are corrupt:

    dbv FILE=user01.dbf
    
    DBVERIFY: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Sep 20 13:40:01 2008
    Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
    DBVERIFY - Verification starting : FILE = user01.dbf
    DBVERIFY - Verification complete
    Total Pages Examined : 1280
    Total Pages Processed (Data) : 1126
    Total Pages Failing (Data) : 0
    Total Pages Processed (Index): 0
    Total Pages Failing (Index): 0
    Total Pages Processed (Other): 34
    Total Pages Processed (Seg) : 0
    Total Pages Failing (Seg) : 0
    Total Pages Empty : 120
    Total Pages Marked Corrupt : 0
    Total Pages Influx : 0
    Highest block SCN : 1337349 (0.1337349)

    All corrupted blocks were repaired and restored.