OCP: Oracle 10g Administration II Study Guide: Exam 1Z0-043

3.1. An Overview of Non-Critical Files

The recovery of non-critical files is an important matter that you should be familiar with so you can resolve them in an efficient manner. Non-critical files are essentially database files that do not have a critical impact on the operations of the database when they have been compromised. If recovery is performed properly, these files can be recovered or rebuilt in some cases with minimal impact to database operations.

Let's look at each of these non-critical database files specifically:

Temporary tablespaces

Temporary tablespaces are non-critical database files that can be recovered without impacting the database operations. All database users need a temporary tablespace of some kind to perform database ...