Data Recovery Adviser

Oracle has the ability to create the script to repair the database. This is known as the Data Recovery Adviser (DRA). If you need to introduce your own corruption for testing purposes, you could research on the Internet for examples. The following example is how the DRA was used to restore a corrupted datafile.

I removed all backups before starting this scenario. This means that the recovery came from the redo and any archived logs. Cool! See the restoration from the redo section for more about this.

  1. RMAN backup command detects a problem and it doesn't mention the word "corrupt".
    Data Recovery Adviser

    Notice that the alert log has the same date time ...

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