Recover from a DROP or TRUNCATE table by using RMAN

To recover from a dropped or truncated table, a dummy database (copy of primary) will be restored and recovered to point in time so the table can be exported.  Once the table export is complete, the table can be imported into the primary  database. This dummy database can be a subset of the primary database. However, the 'dummy' database must include the SYSTEM, UNDO (or ROLLBACK), and the  tablespace(s) where the dropped/truncated table resides.

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How to recreate oraInventory (Central Inventory) in RDBMS Homes if the central inventory is corrupted or lost?

SOLUTION

STEP 1: 

Locating the central inventory 

•  The location of the central inventory can be found from the central inventory pointer.

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How to Recreate The AWR( AUTOMATIC WORK LOAD ) Repository

The best way to deinstall/install AWR is as follows:

1. Disable AWR statistics gathering by setting the statistics level to basic as follows:

Check settings for parameters as follows:

sqlplus /nolog

connect / as sysdba

show parameter cluster_database

show parameter statistics_level

show parameter sga_target

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Standby MRP needs old log sequence even after restore of incremental backup at standby

At standby applied incremental backup but  MRP  process at standby is looking for very old sequence.

SQL>SELECT ARCH.THREAD# "Thread", ARCH.SEQUENCE# "Last Sequence Received", APPL.SEQUENCE# "Last Sequence Applied", (ARCH.SEQUENCE# - APPL.SEQUENCE#) "Difference" 

  FROM (SELECT THREAD# ,SEQUENCE# 

  FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG 

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DBUA error database not in mounted state

 While  upgrading one of my 10.2.0.4 64-bit database to 11.2.0.2 using DBUA it failed  with retrieve db information  and pop up the message

"The Upgrade Assistant failes in bringing up the database XXX. Oracle Home /oracle/OraHome11203 obtained from file /etc/oratab was used to connect to the database.

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How to copy schema stats from one schema to another schema

Here we will see  how to copy schema statistics from one schema to another. Basically there are two methods for doing this:

• using DBMS_STATS or
• using Data Pump

This is especially useful when doing large data transfers between either schemas or databases and statistics are needed fast. Remember that data density, row chaining or index cluster factor changed due to the data import and index rebuilds.

Method 1: Using DBMS_STATS

Extract the statistics

First we need to login as schema owner which from which we want to extract the statistics. 

In the follwing example the schema owner and schema is is “SCOTT”. Logged in as scott we create a table holding the statistic information:

exec dbms_stats.create_stat_table('SCOTT','STATISTICS');

The arguments required are: <SCHEMANAME>, <TABLENAME>.

To extract the statistics run:

begin

dbms_stats.export_schema_stats(ownname => 'SCOTT',stattab => 'STATISTICS');

end;

/

Transfer the statistics

Now all statistics from that particular schema are stored in the table named “STATISTICS”. The table must be transfered to the destination schema (in the same or another database). This can be done for instance with exp/imp or via a database link.

For exporting the statistics with export/import:

exp system/manager file=stats_table.dmp log=stats_table.log tables=SCOTT.STATISTICS

Importing is done with:

imp system/manager file=stats_table.dmp log=stats_table_imp.log

 fromuser=<source user name> touser=<destination user name>

Import the statistics

Import into another database but with the same schema name

If the schema name in the destination database is identical to the schema name in the source database (“SCOTT” in source and “SCOTT” in destination) the stats can be imported with:

begin

exec dbms_stats.import_schema_stats(ownname => 'SCOTT',stattab => 'STATISTICS');

 end;

 /

Import into another or the same database but with a different schema name

If the name of the destination schema is changed you have to adjust your statistic table before importing the stats. In the following example we import the stats into a schema called “TEST”.

In the stats table the column named “C5″ contains the name of the schema the statistics were exported from and will be imported to. If you want to import the stats into another schema you have to modify this column first:

update statistics set c5='TEST';

and afterwards import the statistics (loggen in as user TEST or SYS):

begin

exec dbms_stats.import_schema_stats(ownname => 'SCOTT',stattab => 'STATISTICS');

 end;

 /

Method 2: Using data pump

Beside using DBMS_STATS you can use data pump to transfer table and index statistics from one database to another.

When doint a normal export/import table and index statistics are transfered along with the data. If you want to transfer only the statistics you can use the following call:

impdp system/manager dumpfile=<directory>:<file> logfile=<directory>:<logfile name>  remap_schema=<source>:<destination> remap_tablespace=<source>:<destination> schemas=<name of source schema(s)> contents=STATISTICS

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Restoring Optimizer Statistics

 

In some cases we may find that gathering fresh statistics has led to the optimizer executing sub-optimal execution plans and we would like to restore the statistics as of a date when we had good performance.

Here we can  restore table statistics to a previous point in the past by using the DBMS_STATS.RESTORE_TABLE_STATS package.

We can check how far back in time we can go to restore statistics.

SQL> select DBMS_STATS.GET_STATS_HISTORY_AVAILABILITY  from dual;

GET_STATS_HISTORY_AVAILABILITY

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

13-MAR-14 10.51.37.266819000 PM +05:30

We can see what the retention period is for the statistics and can also alter the same. In this case we are changing the statistics retention from 10 days to 14 days. The default is 31 days.

SQL> select DBMS_STATS.GET_STATS_HISTORY_RETENTION from dual;

GET_STATS_HISTORY_RETENTION

---------------------------

                         10

SQL> execute DBMS_STATS.ALTER_STATS_HISTORY_RETENTION (14);

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> select DBMS_STATS.GET_STATS_HISTORY_RETENTION from dual;

GET_STATS_HISTORY_RETENTION

---------------------------

                         14

Let us now look at an example of restoring the statistics from a point in time from the past.

SQL> select count(*) from myobjects;

  COUNT(*)

----------

    138353

SQL> select TABLE_NAME, STATS_UPDATE_TIME from dba_tab_stats_history where table_name='MYOBJECTS' and owner='SYSTEM';

TABLE_NAME                     STATS_UPDATE_TIME

------------------------------ ----------------------------------------

MYOBJECTS                      18-MAR-14 10.00.19.496616 PM +05:30

MYOBJECTS                      23-MAR-14 11.29.10.526131 AM +05:30

MYOBJECTS                      23-MAR-14 11.35.47.249720 AM +05:30

MYOBJECTS                      23-MAR-14 11.37.36.050421 AM +05:30

MYOBJECTS                      23-MAR-14 11.38.05.015640 AM +05:30

The table MYOBJECTS has been analyzed several times in the past few days. Let us see what happens if we restore the statistics of the table gathered on the 18th of March.

SQL> execute dbms_stats.restore_table_stats(‘SYSTEM’,'MYOBJECTS’,’18-MAR-14 10.00.19.496616 PM +05:30′);

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

The table MYOBJECTS actually has 138353 rows, but the statistics were gathered at a time when it had much fewer rows as shown by the NUM_ROWS column of the DBA_TABLES view.

SQL> select num_rows from dba_tables

  2  where table_name='MYOBJECTS' and owner='SYSTEM';

  NUM_ROWS

----------

     46141

We can now replace these ‘older’ statistics with the most current statistics available in the history.

SQL> execute dbms_stats.restore_table_stats('SYSTEM','MYOBJECTS',’ 23-MAR-14 11.38.05.015640 AM +05:30’);

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

Now the NUM_ROWS column shows the row count which is the same as the actual number of rows in the table.

SQL> select num_rows from dba_tables

  2  where table_name='MYOBJECTS' and owner='SYSTEM';

  NUM_ROWS

----------

     138353

It should be noted that we can use the same procedure to not only restore previous statistics of just a table, but we can also do the same for the full schema or entire database as well.

REMEMBER – we gather statistics to ensure that the optimizer chooses the optimal execution plans, but gathering statistics invalidates the parsed representation of the SQL statement and reparsing the statement post gather stats can make the optimizer choose an execution plan which is different (and less optimised) than the original plan.

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Refresh of Mview is Throwing ORA-00942

Refresh of Mview is throwing ORA-942 after successful creation.

Create materialized view schema_a.client_mview 

tablespace users build immediate
refresh force start with trunc(sysdate)+1455/1440
next trunc(sysdate)+1455/1440
as
select client_id, username, createdate, swver
from client_req@TEST_LINK
where swver is not null;

Materialized View Created.

select db_link, username from dba_db_links where db_link like 'TEST_LINK';

DB_LINK                      USERNAME
--------------------      ------------------------------
TEST_LINK.COM            SCHEMA_B

On the TEST_LINK.COM database, the db link user SCHEMA_B has select granted directly on the master tables.

select grantee,owner,table_name,privilege from user_tab_privs
where table_name like 'CLIENT%'

GRANTEE        OWNER      TABLE_NAME      PRIVILEGE
-------------     ------------     ------------------    ------------------
SCHEMA_B     SCHEMA_A    CLIENT_REQ     SELECT

Trying to refresh the materialized views returns errors:

SQL> execute dbms_refresh.refresh('"SCHEMA_A"."CLIENT_MVIEW"');
BEGIN dbms_refresh.refresh('"SCHEMA_A"."CLIENT_MVIEW"'); END;

*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-12018: following error encountered during code generation for "SCHEMA_A"."CLIENT_MVIEW"
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SNAPSHOT", line 2255
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SNAPSHOT", line 2461
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_IREFRESH", line 683
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REFRESH", line 195
ORA-06512: at line 1

Cause

Database link user (SCHEMA_B) doesn't have select privileges on the MLOG$_CLIENT_REQ.
Log table is in the master table owner's schema (SCHEMA_A).
The problem was identified using the trace file.

Solution

To implement the solution, please execute the following steps:

grant select on MLOG$_<Table Name> to <Database link user>;

or

grant select any table to <Database link user>;

Example:

grant select on MLOG$_CLIENT_REQ to SCHEMA_B;

or

grant select any table to SCHEMA_B;

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