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Considerations for Restoring Control Files

When restoring control files, consider the following points:

• You should not restore control files unless they are lost or corrupt.
• If you need to restore the control files, you can restore them at the same time you restore the database.

Note: We recommend that you mirror the control files for fault tolerance. Doing so protects against losing the control files and the consequences of restoring older control files. For more information, see your Oracle administrator.

When you restore the control files or when you select one of these recovery options:

• Until SCN
• Until Log Sequence
• Until Time

the automatic recovery process reopens the database with the resetlogs option set. In this case, you must back up the entire database as soon as possible because the archive logs are reset and can no longer be used for point-in-time recovery.

For more information about restoring control files, see the Oracle documentation.