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How to Recover Through a Resetlogs Command Using RMAN (Doc ID 237232.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.0.3.0 to 9.2.0.8 [Release 8.0.3 to 9.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

If the database is/was opened with the resetlogs option, and no Backup was taken after open resetlogs,
and then due to a failure it needs to be recovered.
The requirement is to recover database opened with resetlogs, and "no Backup" is taken and available after Database was opened with RESETLOGS option.

NOTE : Oracle recommends to backup the database after a RESETLOGS, before
continuing. So the below procedure is a last resort when somehow the
backup was not preformed or failed.

Solution

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