Friday, 22 May 2020

RMAN - Inactive Redo Log Group recovery during Database Startup

Recovery from Loss of an Inactive Redo Log Group on Database Startup


Run the following query and select a GROUP# which its status is INACTIVE. 

  • Check the inactive group of file
SQL> SELECT G.GROUP#, G.STATUS FROM V$LOG G ORDER BY 1;

    GROUP# STATUS
---------- ----------------
         1 INACTIVE
         2 CURRENT
         3 INACTIVE

  • Check the location of file group 3 and remove database at OS level.
SQL> col MEMBER for a150
SELECT MEMBER FROM V$LOGFILE WHERE GROUP#=3;

SQL>

MEMBER
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/plm/redo03.log


  • Shutdown database
SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE ;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
  • Startup , It will through an error.
SQL> STARTUP
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 2717908992 bytes
Fixed Size                  2928104 bytes
Variable Size             704643608 bytes
Database Buffers         1996488704 bytes
Redo Buffers               13848576 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
Process ID: 8227
Session ID: 1 Serial number: 51969


SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, OLAP, Advanced Analytics
and Real Application Testing options

oracle@suse1:~> sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Thu May 21 18:17:08 2020

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connected to an idle instance.
  • Start database in mount stage

SQL> STARTUP MOUNT;
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 2717908992 bytes
Fixed Size                  2928104 bytes
Variable Size             704643608 bytes
Database Buffers         1996488704 bytes
Redo Buffers               13848576 bytes
Database mounted.

  • Clear logfile group3 
SQL> ALTER DATABASE CLEAR LOGFILE GROUP 3;

Database altered.
  • Open the database
SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

Database altered.

SQL> @display_logs

NAME                                                            Size MB    Used MB
------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- ----------
/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area                                 4560       1379

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SWITCH LOGFILE;

System altered.

SQL>


SQL> col MEMBER for a30
SELECT G.GROUP#, G.STATUS G_STATUS, M.STATUS M_STATUS,    SUBSTR( MEMBER, INSTR(MEMBER,'o1'))  MEMBER FROM V$LOG G, V$LOGFILE M WHERE G.GROUP#=M.GROUP# ORDER BY 1;SQL>

    GROUP# G_STATUS         M_STATU MEMBER
---------- ---------------- ------- ------------------------------
         1 INACTIVE                 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/plm/re
                                    do01.log

         2 ACTIVE                   /u01/app/oracle/oradata/plm/re
                                    do02.log

         3 CURRENT                  /u01/app/oracle/oradata/plm/re
                                    do03.log


SQL> exit

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