Recreating the Controlfile in RAC (Doc ID 118931.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 01, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This article describes how to recreate the control file in RAC.

WARNING:

The control file should only be rebuilt under very special circumstances:

All current copies of the control file have been lost or are corrupted.
It is required to change a "hard" database parameter that was set when the database was first created, such as MAXDATAFILES, MAXLOGFILES, MAXLOGHISTORY, etc.
Restoring a backup in which the control file is corrupted or missing.
Oracle Customer Support advises to do so.

Scope

For DBA's requiring to recreate the controlfile.

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Recreating the Controlfile in RAC (Doc ID 118931.1)

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