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How to recover and open the database if the archivelog required for recovery is either missing, lost or corrupted? (Doc ID 465478.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 01, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.4 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 8.1.7 to 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How to recover and open the database if the archivelog required for recovery is either missing, lost or corrupted?

The assumption here is that we have exhausted all possible locations to find another good and valid copy

Views used

V$datafile
v$datafile_header
v$log
v$logfile

Solution

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