DuplicateOracleDatabasewithRMAN

MartinZahn,30.10.2008
Detailssee:OracleDatabaseBackupandRecoveryAdvancedUser'sGuide10gRelease2(10.2)

Overview
ApowerfulfeatureofRMANistheabilitytoduplicate(clone),adatabasefromabackup.Itispossibleto
createaduplicatedatabaseon:
Aremoteserverwiththesamefilestructure
Aremoteserverwithadifferentfilestructure
Thelocalserverwithadifferentfilestructure
Aduplicatedatabaseisdistinctfromastandbydatabase,althoughbothtypesof
databasesarecreatedwiththeDUPLICATEcommand.Astandbydatabaseisacopy
oftheprimarydatabasethatyoucanupdatecontinuallyorperiodicallybyusing
archivedlogsfromtheprimarydatabase.Iftheprimarydatabaseisdamagedor
destroyed,thenyoucanperformfailovertothestandbydatabaseandeffectively
transformitintothenewprimarydatabase.Aduplicatedatabase,ontheotherhand,
cannotbeusedinthisway:itisnotintendedforfailoverscenariosanddoesnot
supportthevariousstandbyrecoveryandfailoveroptions.
Topreparefordatabaseduplication,youmustfirstcreateanauxiliaryinstance.Fortheduplicationtowork,
youmustconnectRMANtoboththetarget(primary)databaseandanauxiliaryinstancestartedinNOMOUNT
mode.
SolongasRMANisabletoconnecttotheprimaryandduplicateinstances,theRMANclientcanrunonany
machine.However,allbackups,copiesofdatafiles,andarchivedlogsusedforcreatingandrecoveringthe
duplicatedatabasemustbeaccessiblebytheserversessionontheduplicatehost.
Aspartoftheduplicatingoperation,RMANmanagesthefollowing:
Restoresthetargetdatafilestotheduplicatedatabaseandperformsincompleterecoverybyusingall
availablebackupsandarchivedlogs.

Shutsdownandstartstheauxiliarydatabase.

OpenstheduplicatedatabasewiththeRESETLOGSoptionafterincompleterecoverytocreatethe
onlineredologs.

Generatesanew,uniqueDBIDfortheduplicatedatabase.

PreparingtheDuplicate(Auxiliary)InstanceforDuplication
CreateanOraclePasswordFile
Firstwemustcreateapasswordfilefortheduplicateinstance.
exportORACLE_SID=APP2
orapwdfile=orapwAPP2password=managerentries=5force=y

EnsureOracleNetConnectivitytobothInstances
NextaddtheappropriateentriesintotheTNSNAMES.ORAandLISTENER.ORAfilesinthe$TNS_ADMIN
directory.
LISTENER.ORA
APP1=TargetDatabase,APP2=AuxiliaryDatabase
LISTENER=
(DESCRIPTION_LIST=
(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=gentic)(PORT=1521))
)

)
SID_LIST_LISTENER=
(SID_LIST=
(SID_DESC=
(GLOBAL_DBNAME=APP1.WORLD)
(ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0)
(SID_NAME=APP1)
)
(SID_DESC=
(GLOBAL_DBNAME=APP2.WORLD)
(ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0)
(SID_NAME=APP2)
)
)
TNSNAMES.ORA
APP1=TargetDatabase,APP2=AuxiliaryDatabase
APP1.WORLD=
(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS_LIST=
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=gentic)(PORT=1521))
)
(CONNECT_DATA=
(SERVICE_NAME=APP1.WORLD)
)
)
APP2.WORLD=
(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS_LIST=
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=gentic)(PORT=1521))
)
(CONNECT_DATA=
(SERVICE_NAME=APP2.WORLD)
)
)
SQLNET.ORA
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH=(TNSNAMES)
NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN=WORLD
NAME.DEFAULT_ZONE=WORLD
USE_DEDICATED_SERVER=ON
NowrestarttheListener
lsnrctlstop
lsnrctlstart

CreateanInitializationParameterFilefortheAuxiliaryInstance
CreateanINIT.ORAparameterfilefortheauxiliaryinstance,youcancopythatfromthetargetinstanceand
thenmodifytheparameters.
###DuplicateDatabase
###
#Thisisonlyusedwhenyouduplicatethedatabase
#onthesamehosttoavoidnameconflicts
DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=(/u01/oracle/db/APP1/,/u01/oracle/db/APP2/)
LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=(/u01/oracle/db/APP1/,/u01/oracle/db/APP2/,
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/,/opt/oracle/db/APP2/)
###Globaldatabasenameisdb_name.db_domain
###
db_name=APP2

db_unique_name=APP2_GENTIC
db_domain=WORLD
service_names=APP2
instance_name=APP2
###BasicConfigurationParameters
###
compatible=10.2.0.4
db_block_size=8192
db_file_multiblock_read_count=32
db_files=512
control_files=/u01/oracle/db/APP2/con/APP2_con01.con,
/opt/oracle/db/APP2/con/APP2_con02.con
###DatabaseBufferCache,I/O
###
#TheParameterSGA_TARGETenablesAutomaticSharedMemoryManagement
sga_target=500M
sga_max_size=600M
###REDOLoggingwithoutDataGuard
###
log_archive_format=APP2_%s_%t_%r.arc
log_archive_max_processes=2
log_archive_dest=/u01/oracle/db/APP2/arc
###SystemManagedUndo
###
undo_management=auto
undo_retention=10800
undo_tablespace=undo
###Traces,DumpsandPasswordfile
###
audit_file_dest=/u01/oracle/db/APP2/adm/admp
user_dump_dest=/u01/oracle/db/APP2/adm/udmp
background_dump_dest=/u01/oracle/db/APP2/adm/bdmp
core_dump_dest=/u01/oracle/db/APP2/adm/cdmp
utl_file_dir=/u01/oracle/db/APP2/adm/utld
remote_login_passwordfile=exclusive

CreateafullDatabaseBackup
Makesurethatafullbackupofthetargetisaccessibleontheduplicatehost.YoucanusethefollowingBASH
scripttobackupthetargetdatabase.
rmannocatalogtarget/<<EOF
configureretentionpolicytorecoverywindowof3days
configurebackupoptimizationon
configurecontrolfileautobackupon
configuredefaultdevicetypetodisk
configuredevicetypediskparallelism1backuptypetocompressedbackupset
configuredatafilebackupcopiesfordevicetypediskto1
configuremaxsetsizetounlimited
configuresnapshotcontrolfilenameto'/u01/backup/snapshot_controlfile'
showall
run{
allocatechannelch1typeDiskmaxpiecesize=1900M
backupfulldatabasenoexclude
includecurrentcontrolfile
format'/u01/backup/datafile_%s_%p.bak'
tag'datafile_daily'
}

run{
allocatechannelch1typeDiskmaxpiecesize=1900M
backuparchivelogall
deleteallinput
format'/u01/backup/archivelog_%s_%p.bak'
tag'archivelog_daily'
}
run{
allocatechannelch1typeDiskmaxpiecesize=1900M
backupformat'/u01/backup/controlfile_%s.bak'currentcontrolfile
}
crosscheckbackup
listbackupofdatabase
reportunrecoverable
reportschema
reportneedbackup
reportobsolete
deletenopromptexpiredbackupofdatabase
deletenopromptexpiredbackupofcontrolfile
deletenopromptexpiredbackupofarchivelogall
deletenopromptobsoleterecoverywindowof3days
quit
EOF

CreatingaDuplicateDatabaseontheLocalHost
BeforebeginningRMANduplication,useSQL*Plustoconnecttotheauxiliaryinstanceandstartitin
NOMOUNTmode.Ifyoudonothaveaserversideinitializationparameterfilefortheauxiliaryinstancein
thedefaultlocation,thenyoumustspecifytheclientsideinitializationparameterfilewiththePFILE
parameterontheDUPLICATEcommand.

GetoriginalFilenamesfromTARGET
TorenamethedatabasefilesyoucanusetheSETNEWNAMEcommand.Therefore,gettheoriginal
filenamesfromthetargetandmodifythesenamesintheDUPLICATEcommand.
ORACLE_SID=APP1
exportORACLE_SID
setfeedoff
setpagesize10000
columnnameformata40heading"Datafile"
columnfile#format99heading"FileID"
selectname,file#fromv$dbfile
columnmemberformata40heading"Logfile"
columngroup#format99heading"GroupNr"
selectmember,group#fromv$logfile
DatafileFileID


/u01/oracle/db/APP1/sys/APP1_sys1.dbf1
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/sys/APP1_undo1.dbf2
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/sys/APP1_sysaux1.dbf3
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/usr/APP1_users1.dbf4
LogfileGroupNr

/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log1A.rdo1
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log1B.rdo1
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log2A.rdo2
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log2B.rdo2
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log3A.rdo3
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log3B.rdo3
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log4A.rdo4
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log4B.rdo4
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log5A.rdo5
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log5B.rdo5
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log6A.rdo6
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log6B.rdo6
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log7A.rdo7
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log7B.rdo7
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log8A.rdo8
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log8B.rdo8
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log9A.rdo9
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log9B.rdo9
/u01/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log10A.rdo10
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/rdo/APP1_log10B.rdo10

CreateDirectoriesfortheduplicateDatabase
mkdirp/u01/oracle/db/APP2
mkdirp/opt/oracle/db/APP2
cd/opt/oracle/db/APP2
mkdirconrdo
cd/u01/oracle/db/APP2
mkdiradmarcconrdosystmpusrbck
cdadm
mkdiradmpbdmpcdmpudmputld

CreateSymbolicLinkstoPasswordandINIT.ORAFile
OraclemustbeabletolocatethePasswordandINIT.ORAFile.
cd$ORACLE_HOME/dbs
lns/home/oracle/config/10.2.0/orapwAPP2orapwAPP2
lns/home/oracle/config/10.2.0/initAPP2.orainitAPP2.ora

DuplicatetheDatabase
NowyouarereadytoduplicatethedatabaseAPP1toAPP2.
ORACLE_SID=APP2
exportORACLE_SID
sqlplussys/managerassysdba
startupforcenomountpfile='/home/oracle/config/10.2.0/initAPP2.ora'
exit
rmanTARGETsys/manager@APP1AUXILIARYsys/manager@APP2
RecoveryManager:Release10.2.0.4.0ProductiononTueOct2812:00:132008
Copyright(c)1982,2007,Oracle.Allrightsreserved.
connectedtotargetdatabase:APP1(DBID=3191823649)
connectedtoauxiliarydatabase:APP2(notmounted)
RUN
{
SETNEWNAMEFORDATAFILE1TO'/u01/oracle/db/APP2/sys/APP2_sys1.dbf'
SETNEWNAMEFORDATAFILE2TO'/u01/oracle/db/APP2/sys/APP2_undo1.dbf'

SETNEWNAMEFORDATAFILE3TO'/u01/oracle/db/APP2/sys/APP2_sysaux1.dbf'
SETNEWNAMEFORDATAFILE4TO'/u01/oracle/db/APP2/usr/APP2_users1.dbf'
DUPLICATETARGETDATABASETOAPP2
PFILE=/home/oracle/config/10.2.0/initAPP2.ora
NOFILENAMECHECK
LOGFILEGROUP1('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log1A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log1B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP2('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log2A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log2B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP3('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log3A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log3B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP4('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log4A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log4B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP5('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log5A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log5B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP6('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log6A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log6B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP7('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log7A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log7B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP8('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log8A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log8B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP9('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log9A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log9B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE,
GROUP10('/u01/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log10A.rdo',
'/opt/oracle/db/APP2/rdo/APP2_log10B.rdo')SIZE10MREUSE
}
Thewhole,longoutputisnotshownhere,butcheck,thatRMANwasabletoopentheduplicatedatabase
withtheRESETLOGSoption.
.....
.....
contentsofMemoryScript:
{
Alterclonedatabaseopenresetlogs
}
executingMemoryScript
databaseopened
FinishedDuplicateDbat28OCT08
Asthefinalstep,eliminateoruncommenttheDB_FILE_NAME_CONVERTandLOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERTinthe
INIT.ORAfileandrestartthedatabase.
initAPP2.ora
###DuplicateDatabase
###
#Thisisonlyusedwhenyouduplicatethedatabase
#onthesamehosttoavoidnameconflicts
#DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=(/u01/oracle/db/APP1/,/u01/oracle/db/APP2/)
#LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=(/u01/oracle/db/APP1/,/u01/oracle/db/APP2/,
/opt/oracle/db/APP1/,/opt/oracle/db/APP2/)
sqlplus/assysdba
shutdownimmediate
startup
TotalSystemGlobalArea629145600bytes
FixedSize1269064bytes
VariableSize251658936bytes
DatabaseBuffers373293056bytes
RedoBuffers2924544bytes
Databasemounted.
Databaseopened.

CreatingaDuplicateDatabasetoRemoteHost
Thisscenarioisexactlythesameasdescribedforthelocalhost.CopytheRMANBackupfilestotheremote
hostonthesamedirectoryasonthelocalhost.

cd/u01/backup
scpgentic:/u01/backup/*.
TheotherstepsarethesameasdescribedunderCreatingaDuplicateDatabaseontheLocalHost.