Restoring RMAN Oracle 10g Backup in Oracle 11g
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I have the RMAN full database backup of oracle 10g (10.2.0.3) on Sun Solaris OS which i want to restore on oracle 11g (11.2.0.3) on Linux OS. The backup pieces was transferred to oracle 11g server manually in binary mode.The Oracle 11g is installed on linux OS.I have only the RMAN backup and no access to primary database from where the backup has been taken.

    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba   36356096 Jul 16 14:49 snapcf_MEPC.f
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  166028800 Jul 16 15:29 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nnnbkn9f_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  169567744 Jul 16 15:29 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nmnbkn9f_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  164813824 Jul 16 15:39 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nonbkn9f_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  144025600 Jul 16 16:06 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nqnbkn9f_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  168576512 Jul 16 16:09 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_npnbkn9f_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  168649216 Jul 16 17:33 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o5nbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  162847232 Jul 16 17:34 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o6nbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  167351808 Jul 16 17:35 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o7nbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  166838272 Jul 16 17:36 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o8nbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  166876160 Jul 16 17:37 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o9nbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  327606272 Jul 16 17:54 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o4nbknav_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  549658624 Jul 16 18:26 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o2nbknav_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  162984448 Jul 16 18:28 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_oanbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  163567616 Jul 16 18:29 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_obnbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba  161380352 Jul 16 18:29 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_ocnbkpvv_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba 1072275456 Jul 18 13:52 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o3nbknav_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba 1813348352 Jul 18 17:00 MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o1nbknav_1_1
    -rwxrwxr-x 1 mepc dba   36438016 Jul 25 15:45 controlfile_bkup_MEPC_c-1469445140-20120522-09



the backup is taken in above format. I know the ORACLE_SID and dbid of the database from which the backup has been taken.

whenever i tried the following command 

    mepc@tcstctmatson:/mepc_backup/May22fullbkp$ rman target /
    
    Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production on Tue Jul 31 12:14:54 2012
    
    Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
    
    connected to target database: MEPC (DBID=1595278680)
    
    RMAN> shutdown;
    using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
    database closed
    database dismounted
    Oracle instance shut down
    
    RMAN> startup nomount;
    
    connected to target database (not started)
    Oracle instance started
    
    Total System Global Area    1071333376 bytes
    
    Fixed Size                     1349732 bytes
    Variable Size                620758940 bytes
    Database Buffers             444596224 bytes
    Redo Buffers                   4628480 bytes
    
    RMAN> restore spfile to '$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/initMEPC.ora' from autobackup db_recovery_file_dest='/mepc_backup/May22fullbkp' db_name='MEPC';


the following error was notified


    Starting restore at 31-JUL-12
    using channel ORA_DISK_1
    
    recovery area destination: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp
    database name (or database unique name) used for search: MEPC
    channel ORA_DISK_1: no AUTOBACKUPS found in the recovery area
    channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for AUTOBACKUP on day: 20120731
    channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for AUTOBACKUP on day: 20120730
    channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for AUTOBACKUP on day: 20120729
    channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for AUTOBACKUP on day: 20120728
    channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for AUTOBACKUP on day: 20120727
    channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for AUTOBACKUP on day: 20120726
    channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for AUTOBACKUP on day: 20120725
    channel ORA_DISK_1: no AUTOBACKUP in 7 days found
    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
    RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
    RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 07/31/2012 12:22:06
    RMAN-06172: no AUTOBACKUP found or specified handle is not a valid copy or piece

i tried recovering the rman backup through catalog also and the following error was notified


    List of Files Which Where Not Cataloged
    =======================================
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nonbkn9f_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_obnbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_ocnbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o7nbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o9nbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nmnbkn9f_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nnnbkn9f_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o3nbknav_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o6nbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/controlfile_bkup_MEPC_c-1469445140-20120522-09
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_npnbkn9f_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_oanbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_nqnbkn9f_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o1nbknav_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o5nbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/snapcf_MEPC.f
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o2nbknav_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o4nbknav_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
    File Name: /mepc_backup/May22fullbkp/MEPC_full_backup_MEPC_o8nbkpvv_1_1
      RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted



the file is not corrupted as i checked the checksum on both the servers and it is same.

Please help me how can i restore the RMAN oracle 10g backup in Oracle 11g and let me know where i am going wrong.

Thanks in advance.









