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Backup & Recovery Interview Questions For Oracle DBA

This document provides 42 common backup and recovery interview questions for Oracle DBAs. The questions cover various backup types (full, incremental, partial), RMAN usage, recovery catalog configuration, datafile and controlfile recovery procedures, and emergency situations. Example questions include how to bring a database into archive log mode, restoring a datafile from different backup sources, and recreating a lost parameter file without backups.

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Backup & Recovery Interview Questions For Oracle DBA

This document provides 42 common backup and recovery interview questions for Oracle DBAs. The questions cover various backup types (full, incremental, partial), RMAN usage, recovery catalog configuration, datafile and controlfile recovery procedures, and emergency situations. Example questions include how to bring a database into archive log mode, restoring a datafile from different backup sources, and recreating a lost parameter file without backups.

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1.WhichtypesofbackupsyoucantakeinOracle?

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2.AdatabaseisrunninginNOARCHIVELOGmodethenwhichtypeofbackupsyoucantake?

3.CanyoutakepartialbackupsiftheDatabaseisrunninginNOARCHIVELOGmode?

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4.CanyoutakeOnlineBackupsifthethedatabaseisrunninginNOARCHIVELOGmode?
5.HowdoyoubringthedatabaseinARCHIVELOGmodefromNOARCHIVELOGmode?
6.Youcannotshutdownthedatabaseforevensomeminutes,theninwhichmodeyoushouldrun
thedatabase?
7.WhereshouldyouplaceArchivelogfiles,inthesamediskwhereDBisoranotherdisk?
8.CanyoutakeonlinebackupofaControlfileifyes,how?
9.WhatisaLogicalBackup?
10.ShouldyoutakethebackupofLogfilesifthedatabaseisrunninginARCHIVELOGmode?
11.WhydoyoutaketablespacesinBackupmode?
12.WhatistheadvantageofRMANutility?
13.HowRMANimprovesbackuptime?
14.CanyoutakeOfflinebackupsusingRMAN?
15.HowdoyouseeinformationaboutbackupsinRMAN?
16.WhatisaRecoveryCatalog?
17.ShouldyouplaceRecoveryCatalogintheSameDB?
18.CanyouuseRMANwithoutRecoverycatalog?
19.CanyoutakeImageBackupsusingRMAN?
20.CanyouuseBackupsetscreatedbyRMANwithanyotherutility?
21.WhereRMANkeepsinformationofbackupsifyouareusingRMANwithoutCatalog?
22.Youhavetakenamanualbackupofadatafileusingo/s.HowRMANwillknowaboutit?
23.Youwanttoretainonlylast3backupsofdatafiles.HowdoyougoforitinRMAN?
24.WhichismoreefficientIncrementalBackupsusingRMANorIncrementalExport?
25.CanyoustartandshutdownDBusingRMAN?

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26.HowdoyourecoverfromthelossofdatafileiftheDBisrunninginNOARCHIVELOGmode?
27.Youlossonedatafileanditdoesnotcontainimportantobjects.Theimportantobjectsarethereinotherdatafileswhichare
intact.Howdoyouproceedinthissituation?
28.Youlostsomedatafilesandyoudon'thaveanyfullbackupandthedatabasewasrunninginNOARCHIVELOGmode.
Whatyoucandonow?
29.HowdoyourecoverfromthelossofdatafileiftheDBisrunninginARCHIVELOGmode?
30.YoulossonedatafileandDBisrunninginARCHIVELOGmode.Youhavefulldatabasebackupof1weekoldandpartial
backupofthisdatafilewhichisjust1dayold.Fromwhichbackupshouldyourestorethisfile?
31.Youlosscontrolfilehowdoyourecoverfromthis?
32.Thecurrentlogfilegetsdamaged.Whatyoucandonow?
33.WhatisaCompleteRecovery?
34.WhatisCancelBased,TimebasedandChangeBasedRecovery?
35.Someuserhasaccidentallydroppedonetableandyourealizethisaftertwodays.CanyourecoverthistableiftheDBis
runninginARCHIVELOGmode?
36.DoyouhavetorestoreDatafilesmanuallyfrombackupsifyouaredoingrecoveryusingRMAN?
37.AdatabaseisrunninginARCHIVELOGmodesincelastonemonth.Adatafileisaddedtothedatabaselastweek.Many
objectsarecreatedinthisdatafile.Afteroneweekthisdatafilegetsdamagedbeforeyoucantakeanybackup.Nowcanyou
recoverthisdatafilewhenyoudon'thaveanybackups?
38.Howdoyourecoverfromthelossofacontrolfileifyouhavebackupofcontrolfile?
39.Onlysomeblocksaredamagedinadatafile.CanyoujustrecovertheseblocksifyouareusingRMAN?
40.Somedatafileswerethereonasecondarydiskandthatdiskhasbecomedamagedanditwilltakesomedaystogetanew
disk.Howwillyourecoverfromthissituation?
41.Haveyoufacedanyemergencysituation.Tellushowyouresolvedit?
42.Atonetimeyoulostparameterfileaccidentallyandyoudon'thaveanybackup.Howyouwillrecreateanewparameterfile
withtheparameterssettopreviousvalues.
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