Date - 11/2007
Affected Product & Version - NetVault: Backup 7.4.5
Affected Module & Version - APM for Oracle (Version 5.0)
OS Version - All supported OS
Application Information - Oracle 9.2x, 10.1.x, 10.2x
Description:
Oracle RMAN restore with "Complete Recovery" option fails if online redo log files are not available.
Symptoms:
Recovery fails if the online redo logs required for the complete recovery are not available. NetVault logs and error similar to following -
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 09/06/2007 15:51:39
RMAN-06054: media recovery requesting unknown log: thread 1 scn xxxxxxxx
Recovery Manager complete.
Program finished with exit status of 1
RMAN returned exit code 1
Fatal error: Restore failed
Job Status: Restore Failed
Oracle requires the online redo log files to be available in order to perform a "Complete Recovery".
Use either of the following options if online redo log files are not available -
* Do Not Perform Recovery (manual recovery will be required)
* Perform Database Point in Time Recovery
