Database Recovery

If a damaged database is in ARCHIVELOG mode, it is a candidate for either complete media recovery or incomplete media recovery operations. To begin media recovery operations use the RECOVER command. For more information about using the RECOVER command, see the "Command Reference" in Chapter 8.

In order to begin recovery operations, you must have DBA privileges.

To recover the database up to a specified time using a control backup file, enter

SQL> RECOVER DATABASE UNTIL TIME '1998-11-23:12:47:30'-
>    USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE

To recover two offline tablespaces, enter

SQL> RECOVER TABLESPACE ts1, ts2

Make sure that the tablespaces you are interested in recovering have been taken offline, before proceeding with recovery for those tablespaces.