ORACLE BACKUP

Backing up an Oracle database can be done in many different ways and is quite difficult to get a grasp on compared to other mainstream databases. Backup is best done through RMAN whether you access RMAN from a command line interface (CLI) or from within Oracle Enterprise Manager (GUI) Oracle versions tested here: 1. Oracle 11gR2 on Windows/Linux/Solaris 2. Oracle Express 10g XE on Windows/Linux

Configure Oracle backup environment - using Enterprise Manager (GUI)

Before you start taking backup, you should configure your backup environment. Here is how to configure the Oracle backup environment using Enterprise Manager.

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Log on to Enterprise Manager as 'sys as sysdba'.

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Go to "Availability tab > Backup/Recovery > Backup Settings".

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Under the "Device" tab set : 1. Disk backup location. If you change the from default (the fast recovery area), you need to point to an existing directory 2. Choose backup type : o Backup Set (default) : will create backup files in a format that only RMAN understands. o Image Copy : will create backup files corresponding to the files that make up the database, that is : 5 data files (prefixed DATA_), a copy of the SPFILE, a copy of the Control file and if in ARCHIVELOG mode also a number of redo files (prefixed ARCH_). 3. Enter host credentials (the user who installed Oracle). 4. press the 'Test Disk Backup' button to confirm it works.

3. 4. If you are on Solaris you may get Connection to host as user oracle failed: ERROR: NMO not setuid-root (Unix-only). If you get that error then: 1. Open a shell as root 2. #> su oracle : switch to user oracle. 3. $> emctl stop dbconsole : stop the dbconsole. 4. $> exit : back to root user. 5. #> ORACLE_OWNER=oracle : initialize the ORACLE_OWNER variable. 6. #> export ORACLE_OWNER : add the ORACLE_OWNER to the root environment. 7. #> cd $ORACLE_HOME : 8. #> ./root.sh : execute the root.sh script and answer yes to all prompts. 9. #> su oracle : switch to user oracle. 10. $> emctl start dbconsole : start the dbconsole. 11. Try the "Test Disk Backup" button again. 5. Press the OK button to save the settings 4. Under the Backup Set tab there is no settings necessary to set 5. Under the Policy tab it is possible to tune the backup, however I feel the backup result files become less independent and I choose to skip optimize options. The Retention Policy I like to choose the default "Retain at least the specified number of full backups for each datafile" with a value of 1. This is because it then gives meaning to let a 3. party backup program copy the backup result to a remote backup store and handle the retention period outside of Enterprise Manager control. You are now ready to do backup.

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Backup Oracle - using RMAN (CLI) Windows/Linux/Solaris

The RMAN backup procedure depends on whether your Oracle database is in ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELOG mode, therefore start by checking the log_mode : 1. Open a command prompt 2. shell> sqlplus / as sysdba : start SQL*Plus and log in as sysdba 3. sql> select log_name from v$database; : will display whether you are in ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELOG mode 4. sql> exit

Now that you know your log_mode, ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELOG, you can choose the appropiate step-by-step procedure :

If in ARCHIVELOG mode :
The backup is quite simple because you can take the backup while the database is open (online backup) 1. Open a shell. 2. shell> rman target / : logon to RMAN using host credentials. 3. rman> show all; : shows the environment configuration (that can be setup using the "Enterprise Manager > Availability tab > Backup/Recovery > Backup Settings") 4. rman> backup database plus archivelog; : start backup and include the archivelog since they are needed to secure a consistent restore 5. rman> exit : you are finished.

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If in NOARCHIVELOG mode :
The backup is less simple because you need to be sure the database is in a consistent state and then mount the database without opening it (offline backup) 1. Open a shell. 2. shell> rman target / : logon to RMAN using host credentials. 3. rman> shutdown immediate; : shutdown and rollback pending transactions (without the immediate keyword, the shutdown will wait for all pending transactions to finish) 4. rman> startup mount; : startup and mount the database but without opening it (datafiles location will be known but not loaded). 5. rman> show all; : shows the environment configuration you did under Configure Oracle backup environment. 6. Depending on configured Backup type : ("Enterprise Manager > Availability tab > Backup/Recovery > Backup Settings") rman> backup database; : if Backup type = Backup Set (default). rman> backup as copy database; : if Backup type = Image Copy. 7. rman> alter database open; : open the database (the datafiles will be loaded and the database therefore online). 8. rman> exit : you are finished.

The database is now backed up and the resulting backup files located in the Disk backup location (specified then configuring the Oracle backup environment).

The resulting backup files could then be copied to some remote storage location for increased security (eg. if the Disk backup location is on the same harddisk as the live datafiles and that harddisk fails, then the backup is not going to help)

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Backup Oracle - using Enterprise Manager (GUI) Windows/Linux/Solaris

Note that Enterprise Manager is only a GUI on top of RMAN. Log on to Enterprise Manager as 'sys as sysdba'

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Go to "Availability tab > Backup/Recovery > Schedule Backup

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On the "Schedule Backup" page you can choose between "Schedule Oracle Suggested Backup" and "Schedule Customized Backup". The main difference between the two is that "Schedule customized backup" allows you to :

Choose between an immediate non-scheduled backup or a scheduled backup. Override default backup environment settings

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Since Oracle suggested backup don't offer any significant convenience, press the "Schedule Customized Backup" button.

On the "Options" page accept default "Full Backup" and press the "Next" button

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On the "Settings" page the defaults will depend on your Oracle environment configuration, however in case of an immediate single backup you maybe want to change the settings in which case you press the "Override default settings" button. Then you are happy, press the "Next" button

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On the "Schedule" page, the job needs a name, a description and a schedule (here One Time Immediately). Press the "Next" button.

Press the "Submit Job" button

You now have a backup in your designated backup folder. Best to copy that backup to a remote storage, so that if your harddrive fails, you still have a copy of the backup files

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Backup Oracle - using Flashback - Windows/Linux/Solaris

Flashback is not available in all editions. In editions containing Flashback, Flashback is disabled by default. However, if you have Flashback and you have the disk space, then Flashback is important to enable because it is a more efficient alternative to DBPITR (DataBase Point-In-Time Recovery), that is: then a database needs to roll back because of unwanted changes eg. a user have overwritten data or an administrator have dropped a table. As with DBPITR, Flashback cannot be used in case of media errors, eg. data file corruption. If Flashback is enabled, the database will continously write data file blocks to the flashback logs as well as create, delete and resize them. Flashback logs are not archived and cannot be backed up to disk.
First check if flashback is already turned on : 1. Open a shell. 2. #> su oracle : ONLY Solaris : if you have opened a shell as root, you may not be able to use SQL*Plus, so better switch user to oracle. 3. shell> sqlplus / as sysdba : logon to SQL*Plus as sydba. 4. sql> select flashback_on from v$database; : you will get either YES or NO.

If Flashback is not enabled, you can enable Flashback using either SQL*Plus or Enterprise Manager :

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Enable Flashback using SQL*Plus (CLI) :

1. Open a shell. 2. shell> sqlplus / as sysdba : logon to SQL*Plus as sysdba. 3. sql> alter database set db_flashback_retention_target=4320; : setting flashback retention to 3 days (default is 1440 minutes = 1 day). If fast recovery area disk constraint allows it, this will make it possible to look 3 days into the past 4. sql> alter database flashback on; : enable flashback. If you get error ORA-38703: Media recovery is not enabled, then you are most likely in NOARCHIVELOG mode. sql> select log_mode from v$database; : confirm your log mode. If you are in NOARCHIVELOG and you want to change to ARCHIVELOG so that you can enable Flashback : 1. sql> shutdown immediate; : 2. sql> startup mount; : 3. sql> alter database archivelog; : 4. sql> alter database open; : 5. sql> alter database flashback on; : this time you should be able to enable flashback.

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Enable Flashback using Enterprise Manager (GUI) :

Log on to Enterprise Manager as 'sys as sysdba'.

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On the Availability tab click on the "Recovery Settings" link

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On the Recovery Settings page :

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1. Be sure ARCHIVELOG mode is enabled - it is not possible to enable Flashback in NOARCHIVELOG mode. 2. "Flash Recovery Area Size" is the maximum space allocated for Flashback logs, therefor if set too low, it will cap your Flashback Retention Time. (The size of the flashback log is approximately the same as the size of the redo log files, so if the flashback retention is 3 days, then the size of the flashback logs will be 3 times that of the redo logs). 3. Check the "Enable Flashback Database", this it what we came here for. 4. "Flashback Retention Time" is the time you will be able to roll your database back. If set to default 24 hours and you found out that a user overwrote data 25 hours ago, you will not be able to use Flashback to get the overwritten data back.

Disable Flashback using SQL*Plus (CLI) :

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(just here for completness) 1. Open a shell. 2. shell> sqlplus / as sysdba : logon to SQL*Plus as sysdba. 3. sql> alter database flashback off; : disable Flashback.

Flashback should now be enabled

Backup Oracle - using Export - Windows/Linux/solaris

Oracles Export (exp) & Import (imp) utilities are popular for backup of Oracle databases smaller than say 50 GB (which is bigger than most databases). The reason they are so popular is because they are both easy and versatile. Oracles Export & Import utilities are used for the following tasks :

Database backup - what we will do here Reducing fragmentation in the database. Move data from one owner to another. Move data from one version to another, eg. from version 9i to 11g. Moving the database from one operation system to another, eg. from Solaris to Windows.

Oracles Export & Import utilities are called exp & imp respectively, however from version 10, Oracle introduced the DataPump utilities called expdp & impdp respectively. The DataPump utilities should be superiour eg. faster and with support for network. The old exp & imp utilities can still be used with Oracle 11gR2. The DataPump utilities, expdp & impdp, works right away, however the old export/import utilities, exp & imp, needs to be prepared by runnning the catexp.sql script : 1. Open a shell 2. shell> sqlplus / as sysdba : logon to SQL*Plus as sys as sysdba using host credentials 3. Execute the catexp.sql script : o Windows : sql> @?\rdbms\admin\catexp.sql : @ executes a script and ? points to %ORACLE_HOME%. o Solaris/Linux : sql> @?/rdbms/admin/catexp.sql : @ executes a script and ? points to $ORACLE_HOME. The exp utility can be used in 3 different modes : (from the shell)

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Interactive prompt : (holding your hand) shell> exp : start the interactive prompt

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ogin. Here i use the same user as I want to export, however you can also use sys as sysdba

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specify the dump file location

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I am not sure what it means if you choose no, maybe all objects will be free of permissions

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yes, I want to export the data, however if I chose no I would get only the table structures

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yes just compress it

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choose the users for which I want to export objects, here just one user : rasmus

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the rasmus user have only one table with only 1 row

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Standard command line : (fast dump on-the-fly) o shell> exp scott/tiger file=scott.dmp : fast dumping all objects belonging to scott (note that scott/tiger is the credentials used to login to the exp utility - it is just default that you will then export the scott objects if nothing else specified) o shell> exp scott/tiger file=scott.dmp log=scott.log : fast dumping all objects belonging to scott and also a log file to see how the export went o shell> exp scott/tiger file=scott.dmp log=scott.log tables=(tbl1,tbl2) : dumping only the tables tbl1 & tbl2 (these tables must belong to scott) and a log file. o shell> exp scott/tiger file=scott.dmp log=scott.log tables=(tbl1,tbl2) rows=no : dumping only the structures (not the data) of tables tbl1 & tbl2 and a log file. Command line with parameter file : (if you need many parameters and you need to do it often) o no examples

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Appendix : SQL*Plus & RMAN : logon & management commands

Logon to SQL*Plus (no normal logon for user sys - either use as sysdba or as sysoper) o shell> sqlplus / as sysdba : logon to SQL*Plus as sys as sysdba using host credentials. o shell> sqlplus sys/SysPassword as sysdba : logon to SQL*Plus as sys as sysdba using sys password. o shell> sqlplus scott/tiger : logon to SQL*Plus as scott who have the password tiger. Logon to RMAN : o shell> rman target / : logon to RMAN using host credentials. o shell> rman : start the RMAN shell to logon from within RMAN : rman> connect target sys@orcl : format user@dbname. rman> connect target sys@ipadress/orcl : format user@ipaddress/dbname. rman> connect target sys@localhost/orcl) : format user@host/dbname. SQL*Plus management commands (most will require that you are logged on as sysdba) o Managing database : sql> shutdown : database will wait for all pending transactions to commit, then close, then dismount, then shutdown. sql> shutdown immediate : instead of waiting to commit all pending transactions, Oracle will roll them all back - fast shutdown. sql> startup nomount : will start the database instance but not mount it. Then issuing the startup command, Oracle will read the initalization parameter file (init.ora or spfile) to get database configuration eg. size of all memory areas which will then be allocated and all background processes will be started and together these processes and allocated memory is called an Oracle instance and that instance is now started. sql> startup mount : will start and then mount the database but not open it. In the mount stage, the control file is read to locate the datafiles but without opening them (without making access possible) - the instance is now mounted. Obviously this is the right stage in which to take backup since the datafile locations are now known and most likely consistent (except for online backup that qua log files do not need consistent datafiles). sql> startup : will start, mount and open the database. An open database is also called an online database and makes it possible to access the datafiles through Oracle eg. using sql (Stages in starting an Oracle database). sql> alter database mount; : change a nomounted to mounted. sql> alter database open; : change a mounted not opened to opened. sql> alter database open resetlogs; : change a mounted not opened to opened and starts a new incarnation. sql> select name from v$database; : find the name of your database.
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sql> select log_mode from v$database; : find out if your database is in ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELOG mode. sql> select open_mode from v$database; : show access, eg. OPEN WRITE (gives error ORA-01034: ORACLE not available if the instance is not started). sql> show parameters CONTROL_FILES; : find the path to your control files. sql> select * from v$database_incarnation; : list all incarnations, however RMAN creates a more nice list : rman> list incarnation; sql> select value$ from sys.props$ where name = 'NLS_CHARACTERSET'; : shows the database ordinary characterset. sql> select * from nls_database_parameters; : shows additional language information. NSL_CHARACTERSET is ordinary and NLS__NCHAR_CHARACTERSET is national characterset. sql> alter database character set WE8MSWIN1252; : changes the characterset to WE8MSWIN1252 - note if the new character is not a superset of the old, you will get ora-12712: new character set must be a superset of old character set. (Official Character set Migration should be consulted). Managing users : sql> select * from all_users; : fast list of all users. sql> select username, user_id, account_status from dba_users order by username; : dba_users contains quite a lot more info than all_users. sql> select user#, name from sys.user$; : more users and more info. sql> create user rasmus identified by myPassword; : creating a user called rasmus with the password myPassword. sql> alter user rasmus identified by newPassword; : change the password for rasmus from myPassword to newPassword. sql> grant connect to rasmus; : granting rasmus connect privilege. sql> create tablespace tsrasmus datafile 'C:\app\oradata\orcl\tsrasmus.dbf' size 20M;create a tablespace with a 20 MB datafile. sql> alter user rasmus default tablespace tsrasmus quota unlimited on tsrasmus; : specify that rasmus default should store objects in tsrasmus instead of in the user tablespace. sql> alter user rasmus account unlock; : unlock the rasmus user account. sql> drop user rasmus cascade; : deleting the rasmus user. Specify cascade to also delete all objects belonging to rasmus. Managing tables : sql> desc dba_users; : show the structure of the dba_users table. sql> select * from cat; : shows all tables belonging to current user. sql> select table_name from dictionary; have less tables but more information. sql> select table_name from dba_tables; : shows all tables in the database regardless of user and having a lot of info.
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sql> select owner, table_name, tablespace_name from dba_tables where owner = 'RASMUS'; : show all tables and there they are stored for the rasmus user. sql> create table employees (firstname varchar2(100), age number); : creating a table called employees. sql> drop table employees; : deleting the employees table. Managing SQL*Plus : sql> show all; : show all SQL*Plus settings. sql> help topics; : list all topics that there are help for. sql> @myscript.sql : executes myscript.sql which must be in the current directory sql> @C:\app\product\dbhome_1\rdbms\admin\catexp.sql : if the script is not in current directory, then specify the full path. sql> @?\rdbms\admin\catexp.sql : ? is a shorthand for %ORACLE_HOME% (windows) or $ORACLE_HOME (solaris/linux). sql> ed myscript.sql; : starts an associated text editor and opens op myscript.sql from current directory. sql> define; : will show all defined variables. sql> define rasmus=programmer : declare a new variable called rasmus and initializes it with the value programmer. sql> undefine rasmus; :

Appendix : Oracle backup related concepts :

RMAN : Recovery MANager command utility. Preferred to to backup & restore Oracle databases as it provides an OS independent interface as well as removes OS dependencies in the backup files RMAN Repository : records of database files and backups for each database on which RMAN performs operations. These meta data are stored in the control file of the target database, therefore you should always backup the control file. Enterprise Manager : (normally abbreviated EM or OEM) : Web application to manage Oracle. It is possible to perform and schedule backups using EM (EM backup will use RMAN underneath and as such EM is a GUI frontend to RMAN) Fast Recovery Area : (earlier named flash recovery area). A directory to store recovery related files such as control file, online redo log copies, archived redo log files, flashback logs and RMAN backups. Oracle & RMAN automatically manage the files in this directory, eg. automatically delete files that are no longer needed. Oracle Flashback : Oracle Flashback is built-in to some but not all Oracle database editions and enables you to recover data from unwanted database changes without restoring files from backup or performing media recovery - this feature relies on undo data. Flashback must be turned on though and can be turned on for individual tables and a retention period must be specified, this will create a flashback data archive. SCN : System Change Number : Everytime a transaction is committed, Oracle records a new SCN. Then Oracle starts up, Oracle check SCN in all datafile headers and in the
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control file and if they are all the same then the database is consistent. If they are not the same, the database is in need of recovery. Offline Backup : (sometimes called cold backup) backups that run when the database is in the mounted but not open state. Oracle in NOARCHIVELOG log_mode must do offline backup Online Backup : (sometimes called hot backup) backups that run when the database is in open state. Oracle in ARCHIVELOG log_mode can do online backup log_mode : Oracle can be in either ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELOG log_mode. The ARCHIVELOG have 2 advantages o Oracle can do Online Backup o Oracle can restore ALL committed data to the point of failure as opposed to NOARCHIVELOG log_mode there Oracle restore will loose all data committed since the last backup Physical >< Logical Backup : Physical backup refers to the files making up the database while Logical backup referes to data, tables etc. Oracle backup is mostly physical backup Backing up a database : means to make copies of the data files, control file and if in ARCHIVELOG mode then also copies of archived redo log files Restoring a database : means copying the physical files that comprise the database from a backup medium (disk or tape) to their original or to new locations Database recovery : is the process of updating database files restored from a backup with the changes made to the database after the backup (typically using the redo log files) Media Recovery : most often used to recover from media failure, eg. loss of a file or disk or a user error eg. deletion of the contents of a table. Media recovery requires a control file, data filees (typically restored from backup) and online and archived redo log files (that contains the changes since the time the data files were backed up. Control file : contains among other things names & locations of data files and online & archive log records and backup records. Also without the control file, the database cannot be mounted and therefore recovery cannot be performed - you need to backup the control file. SPFILE : Server Parameter file : A binary parameter file that Oracle is using upon startup (alternatively a text based PFILE can be used). The name of the SPFILE may be spfileSID.ora, where SID is the database name (PFILE nomenclature is initSID.ora). If no parameter file can be found, Oracle cannot start up. Table spaces : Logical storage unit (logical because there is no file representation on the file system) used to organizing objects. A table space have at least one data file and a data file can only belong to one table space. Tables, indexes etc. belongs to a tablespace. Table spaces can be created, but then a database is created it will be created with 5 default table spaces : system, sysaux, temp, undotbs1 & users. Data files : Physical representation of the table spaces, that is: data files physically holds the data. Schema : Collection of objects owned by a user of the same name. Eg if the user is Rasmus, then all objects like tables, views, indexes etc. owned by Rasmus is collected in a Schema named Rasmus. Management Repository Encryption key : If Enterprise Manager data is encrypted (Management Repository has been placed in secure mode), then this key MUST be
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backed up as the encrypted data will become unusable if this file is lost. Location is : /export/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/localhost_orcl/sysman/config/e mkey.ora.

Appendix : default Oracle file locations

Below USER_NAME is the user that installed Oracle.

Fast Recovery Area (called flash recovery area on Oracle Express XE 10g) o Oracle 11gR2 on Windows : C:\app\USER_NAME\flash_recovery_area\DB_NAME\ o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris : /export/home/oracle/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area o Oracle Express XE 10g on Windows : C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\flash_recovery_area\XE o Oracle Express XE 10g on Linux : /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ Data files : o Oracle 11gR2 on Windows : C:\app\USER_NAME\oradata\DB_NAME\ o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris : /export/home/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/?? Installation files : o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris : /export/home/oracle/app/oraInventory/PRODUCT_NAME Control file : o Oracle 11gR2 on Windows : C:\app\USER_NAME\oradata\DB_NAME\ (same place as the data files) SPFILE : o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris : /export/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/spfileorcl.ora listener.ora & tnsnames.ora : o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris : /export/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin oratab : (defines home folders for each database instance in the format SID:FOLDER) o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris : /var/opt/oracle/oratab o Oracle 11gR2 on Linux : /var/oratab Environment Variables : o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris $ORACLE_BASE : /export/home/oracle/app/oracle o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris $ORACLE_HOME : /export/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris $ORACLE_OWNER : oracle o Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris $ORACLE_SID : orcl

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Appendix : Common errors & Solutions

1. c:\> emctl dbconsole status : errors EM Configuration issue. c:\app\USERNAME\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1/HOSTNAME_DBNAME not found 2. $> emctl dbconsole status : errors EM Configuration issue. /export/home/app/oracle/product/aa.2.0/dbhome_1/HOSTNAME_DBNAME not found 3. $> emctl dbconsole start : exactly the same error as 2. 4. $> emctl start dbconsole : errors OC4J Configuration issue. .../oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_HOSTNAME_DBNAME not found Reason : If you have one of the above errors, 1, 2, 3 or 4, you have most likely not set the $ORACLE_HOSTNAME environment variable. The problem is that the Oracle installer will use localhost for HOSTNAME at least then installing a desktop class system. However, then services start, Oracle will match hostname with $ORACLE_HOSTNAME and if $ORACLE_HOSTNAME is empty then substitute with the system hostname, which likely is different from localhost. Example : If your hostname is Solaris10 and your database name is orcl, then emctl will search for ../oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_Solaris10_orcl, but the installer created ../oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_localhost_orcl. Solution : There are different possible solutions of which by far the easiest is to set the $ORACLE_HOSTNAME to localhost : 1. On Windows 1. Open a shell. 2. c:\> set ORACLE_HOSTNAME=localhost : declare, initialize and add the variable to your environment 3. c:\> echo %ORACLE_HOSTNAME% : confirm the variable - you should get localhost. 2. On Solaris 1. Open a shell. 2. #> ORACLE_HOSTNAME=localhost : declare & initialize the variable. 3. #> export ORACLE_HOSTNAME : add the variable to your environment. 4. #> echo $ORACLE_HOSTNAME : confirm the variable - you should get localhost.
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To persist $ORACLE_HOSTNAME on system boot (Solaris), please see here (step 9). 5. c:\> emctl dbconsole status : errors Environment variable ORACLE_UNQNAME not defined. Please set ORACLE_UNQNAME to database unique name. Solution : Set the ORACLE_UNQNAME to the value of your database name :

On Windows 1. Open a shell. 2. c:\> set ORACLE_UNQNAME=orcl : declare, initialize and add the variable to your environment 3. c:\> echo %ORACLE_UNQNAME% : confirm the variable - you should get orcl. On Solaris 1. Open a shell. 2. #> ORACLE_UNQNAME=localhost : declare & initialize the variable. 3. #> export ORACLE_UNQNAME : add the variable to your environment. 4. #> echo $ORACLE_UNQNAME : confirm the variable - you should get orcl.
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Solution : This solution worked for me. If it does not work for you, you can read more here 1. On Windows 1. Open a shell. 2. c:\> set ORACLE_SID=orcl : declare, initialize and add the variable to your environment 3. c:\> emca -deconfig dbconsole db : you will be prompted for your database name. 4. c:\> emca -config dbconsole db : you will be prompted for dbname, several passwords, ORACLE_HOME and Listener port number (default 1521). 5. Refresh Enterprise Manager in your browser.

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sql> alter database open; : errors ORA-38760: This database instance failed to turn on flashback database

Solution : Turning flashback off and then on should solve the problem, however any guaranteed restore point need to dropped. 1. You should already be in your SQL*Plus shell. 2. Be sure your database is started and in mounted stage : 1. sql> shutdown immediate; 2. sql> startup mount; 3. Check for quaranteed restore points and delete them if found : 1. sql> select name, scn, guarantee_flashback_database, database_incarnation# from v$restore_point; : list your restore points. 2. If you found any then drop them Example: sql> drop restore point RESTORE_POINT_NAME;. 4. sql> alter database flashback off; : turn off flashback. 5. sql> alter database flashback on; : turn on flashback. 6. sql> alter database open; : this time you should succeed.
Enterprise Manager import/export give error ORA-20446: The owner of the job is not registered ORA06512: at "SYSMAN.MGMT_JOBS", line 168 ORA-06512: at "SYSMAN.MGMT_JOBS", line 86 ORA-06512: at line 1.

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Reason : This is likely a bug in Oracle 11g Solution : 1. On Windows/Solaris/Linux 1. Open a shell. 2. shell> sqlplus sysman/SysmanPassword : logon to SQL*Plus as SYSMAN. 3. sql> execute MGMT_USER.MAKE_EM_USER(USERID); : USERID is the user that you use to login to Enterprise Manager then doing import/export. 4. Try running import/export again.

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