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  1. #1
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    Lost current redolog files

    Hi,

    Today, I lost all my redologs and obviously,I made an incomplete recovery this way:
    As I didn't had the redo log files(including the current log file), I faked up the redo logfiles using 'mkfile'command:

    shutdown abort
    restored the backup datafiles and control files
    mkfile 10485760 redo01.log
    mkfile 10485760 redo02.log
    mkfile 10485760 redo03.log

    startup mount
    recover database until cancel using backup controlfile

    alter database open resetlogs;

    I was under the impression that I might need to use _allow_redolog_corruption = TRUE to recover from this type of disaster but just faking the redo logs helped.

    I am just wondering why oracle did not complain about the missing current redolog and about the 'NEW' redolog files which are not in the 'ORACLE' format.

    Any thoughts.

    Badrinath
    There is always a better way to do the things.

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    Badrinathn,

    "Congrats"... You will pick the lottery numbers...

    Your redo logs did not have any information in them that was necessary for recovery (i.e. The last checkpoint # was contained in an archive redo log). Oracle just needs to start overwriting the redo logs when the database is opened, it does not verify their structure.
    alapps

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    why on earth you need to fake redo logs when you are doing an incomplete recovery????

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    Good catch Pando...

    Thought it was a complete recovery...

    the redo's won't be missed until after the INCOMPLETE recovery when the ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS was issued...
    alapps

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