problem
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1-i was asked for incomplete rman restore , after the restore and recovery ,i tried to open the db restore logs, the instance crashed with the following errors:
RMAN> run {alter database open resetlogs; }
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00601: fatal error in recovery manager
RMAN-03004: fatal error during execution of command
ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE
RMAN-03002: failure of alter db command at 04/20/2015 15:54:49
ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced
ORA-00704: bootstrap process failure
ORA-39700: database must be opened with UPGRADE option
Process ID: 27721760
Session ID: 1 Serial number: 453
ORACLE error from target database:
ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE
explanation
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the db was upgraded put the backup was before the upgrade
solution
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upgrade the db to open it
SQL> STARTUP UPGRADE
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql
SQL> STARTUP
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql