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Name

RESET DATABASE

Synopsis

RESET DATABASE [TO INCARNATION incarnation_key];

Creates a new incarnation of the target database, or resets the target database to a previous incarnation within the recovery catalog. This command is needed only when the target database has been opened with the RESET_LOGS option of the SQL ALTER DATABASE statement. If you use the RMAN ALTER DATABASE statement to reset logs, the target database is automatically reset within the catalog.

Keyword

INCARNATION incarnation_key: Specifies that an older incarnation of the database should be the current incarnation.

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