Scripts for hot backup and restore

This procedure generates two scripts that do a hot backup and restore of the database. It is a full backup of the database datafiles, redolog, init, and control files. You can run this script at database open and it will generate 2 files:

  1. The first file "_hot_bkup_$1.sql" gets information about the physical structure of the DB and has operating system copy commands. In this case is the UNIX cp.
  2. The second file "_hot_restore_$1.sql" is used in case of recovery of the whole DB. It puts every copied file back to where it was.
It was first written by

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Thomas B.Cox for the Windows NT platform and I changed it to work on UNIX. It has been tested on Oracle 8.1.7.3.0 on Unix Tru64 5.1a.

#!/bin/csh -f

# Filename: hot_bkp_restore.sh
# Purpose: creates a hot backup script and a hot recovery script
# Author: Robert Hanrahan , 
# Hewlett Packard Italiana S.p.a.
# based on an NT script by Thomas B. Cox
# Version: 1.2
# Last Mod: 05-Sep-2002
# 
# Added in 1.1: check for ARCHIVELOG mode
# Added in 1.2: rewritten for Unix (from v1.1 the NT version) + backup of
# the redo_log_files
# 
# Known bugs: does not back up INIT.ORA file - fixed :)
# 
# TEST THIS FIRST - NEVER RUN SCRIPTS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
#
# Note: the names of generated files begin with an underscore '_'.
# 
# Important: the paths (/app/oracle/database/$1/Backup must exist!

setenv ORACLE_SID $1

if ($1 == "") then

clear

echo ""
echo "*********************************************"
echo "correct usage: $0 ORACLE_SID"
echo "*********************************************"
echo ""

else

sqlplus -s internal <
/app/oracle/database/$1/Backup/init$1.ora' );

   -- the two lines below have been decommented....
   dbms_output.put_line( 'startup ' ) ;
   dbms_output.put_line( 'exit ' ) ;

END ;
/
spool off
spool _hot_restore_$1.sql

DECLARE

   vc_host_copy_cmd CONSTANT VARCHAR2(2000) := 'host cp -rf ' ;

   vc_bkup_dest CONSTANT VARCHAR2(2000) := '/app/oracle/database/$1/Backup'
;

   vc_dir_sep CONSTANT VARCHAR2(1) := '/' ;

   CURSOR ts_cur
      IS
      SELECT ts.tablespace_name AS ts_nm
        FROM dba_tablespaces ts ; -- WHERE ts.contents != 'TEMPORARY' ;


   CURSOR ts_df_cur ( ts_nm_in IN VARCHAR2 , sep_in IN VARCHAR2 )
      IS
      SELECT df.file_name as ts_df_nm
           , substr ( file_name
                    , instr ( file_name , sep_in, -1, 1 ) + 1 
                    , ( length ( file_name )
                      + - instr ( file_name , sep_in, -1, 1 ) ) 
                    ) as just_df_nm
        FROM dba_data_files df
       WHERE df.tablespace_name = ts_nm_in ;
 
   CURSOR cf_cur ( sep_in IN VARCHAR2 )
      IS
      SELECT cf.name as cf_nm
           , substr ( name
                    , instr ( name , sep_in, -1, 1 ) + 1 
                    , ( length ( name )
                      + - instr ( name , sep_in, -1, 1 ) ) 
                    ) as just_cf_nm
        FROM v$controlfile cf ;
   CURSOR redo_cur (sep_in IN VARCHAR2 )
      IS
      SELECT rd.MEMBER as redo_nm
                    , substr ( MEMBER
                    , instr ( MEMBER , sep_in, -1, 1 ) + 1
                    , ( length ( MEMBER )
                      + - instr ( MEMBER , sep_in, -1, 1 ) )
                    ) as just_redo_nm
        FROM v$logfile rd ;

BEGIN

   FOR cf_rec IN cf_cur ( vc_dir_sep ) LOOP
      dbms_output.put_line ( vc_host_copy_cmd || ' ' || vc_bkup_dest
         || vc_dir_sep || cf_rec.just_cf_nm || ' ' || cf_rec.cf_nm );
   END LOOP ;

   -- new body for redo_logs

   FOR redo_rec IN redo_cur ( vc_dir_sep ) LOOP

   dbms_output.put_line( vc_host_copy_cmd || ' ' || vc_bkup_dest ||
vc_dir_sep || redo_rec.just_redo_nm || ' ' || redo_rec.redo_nm );

   END LOOP ;
   --

   FOR ts_rec IN ts_cur LOOP

   dbms_output.put_line( 'host echo Start restoring tablespace ' ||
ts_rec.ts_nm || '.' );

   FOR df_rec IN ts_df_cur ( ts_rec.ts_nm , vc_dir_sep ) LOOP

   dbms_output.put_line ( vc_host_copy_cmd || ' ' || vc_bkup_dest
            || vc_dir_sep || df_rec.just_df_nm || ' ' || df_rec.ts_df_nm );

   END LOOP ;

   dbms_output.put_line( 'host echo Finished restoring tablespace ' ||
ts_rec.ts_nm || '.' );

   END LOOP ;

   dbms_output.put_line( 'host echo End of restore. You may now start your
database. ' ) ;

   dbms_output.put_line( 'host cp -rf
/app/oracle/database/$1/Backup/init$1.ora $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init$1.ora' );

END ;
/
spool off

exit

EOF

endif

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This was first published in October 2002

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