Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met before you start a restore of an Oracle
database:
• Make sure that the recovery catalog database is open. If the recovery catalog
database cannot be brought online, you will probably need to restore the recovery
catalog database. See “Restore” on page 102 for details on how to restore the
recovery catalog database.
• Check which ZDB method (proxy-copy or backup set) was used for the backup
session that you plan to restore.
• Control files must be available. If the control files are not available, you must
restore them. See the Oracle Recovery Manager User’s Guide and References
for more details.
If you have to perform a restore of the recovery catalog database, you must
perform this restore first. Only then can you perform a restore of other parts of
the Oracle database.
When you are sure that the recovery catalog database files are in place, start
the recovery catalog database.
• Make sure that the following environment variables are set:
• ORACLE_BASE
• ORACLE_HOME
• ORACLE_TERM
• DB NAME
• PATH
• NLS_LANG
• NLS_DATE_FORMAT
Windows example
ORACLE_BASE=Oracle_home
ORACLE_HOME=Oracle_home\product\10.1.0
ORACLE_TERM=HP
DB_NAME=PROD
PATH=$PATH:Oracle_home\product\10.1.0\bin
NLS_LANG=american
NLS_DATE_FORMAT='Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS'
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