Monday, February 7, 2011

Oracle 11 - How to move all the datafiles, redo logs, tempfiles, undo datafile and controlfiles in a database

There are times when you need to move the whole oracle database to another location which includes moving all datafiles (system, undo, sysaux and other datafiles), redo logs, temp files and controlfiles.

I am demonstrating this in five steps with example. The steps are as follows (Please note that I am assuming that there are no queries running on the database and I am the only user connected to the database):

1. Moving all datafiles expect system datafiles
2. Moving oracle temp datafile
3. Moving oracle undo tablespace/datafile 
4. Moving oracle system datafiles
5. Moving oracle redo log files
6. Moving oracle controlfiles


Moving all datafiles expect system datafiles:



SQL> select files.tablespace_name, files.file_name
  2  from
  3  (select file_id, file_name, tablespace_name, bytes/1024/1024 mb, autoextensible,
  4  decode(autoextensible,'NO',bytes/1024/1024,decode(sign(maxbytes-bytes),-1,bytes/1024/1024,maxbytes/1024/1024)) maxmb
  5  from dba_data_files) files,
  6  (select file_id, sum(bytes)/1024/1024 freemb
  7  from dba_free_space
  8  group by file_id) free
 9  where files.file_id = free.file_id (+)
 10  and files.file_name like '%&Fname%'
 11  order by 1,2;
Enter value for fname:
old  10: and files.file_name like '%&Fname%'
new  10: and files.file_name like '%%'



TABLESPACE_NAME      FILE_NAME                                        
-------------------- --------------------------------------------------
EXAMPLE              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf      
EXAMPLE              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example02.dbf      
MICHAEL              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael01.dbf      
MICHAEL              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael02.dbf      
SYSAUX               /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf        
SYSTEM               /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf        
UNDOTBS1             /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/undotbs01.dbf      
USERS                /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users01.dbf    
USERS                /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users02.dbf    

SQL> alter tablespace example offline;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> alter tablespace michael offline;

Tablespace altered.


SQL> alter tablespace users offline;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> SELECT NAME,
  2      FILE#,
  3      STATUS,
  4      CHECKPOINT_CHANGE# "CHECKPOINT"   
  5    FROM   V$DATAFILE;

NAME                                            FILE# STATUS  CHECKPOINT
----------------------------------------------------- ------- ----------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf           1 SYSTEM    11517939
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf           2 ONLINE    11517939
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/undotbs01.dbf          3 ONLINE    11517939
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users01.dbf       4 OFFLINE   11536249
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf          5 OFFLINE   11536178
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example02.dbf          6 OFFLINE   11536178
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael01.dbf          7 OFFLINE   11536204
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users02.dbf       8 OFFLINE   11536249
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael02.dbf          9 OFFLINE   11536204




$ cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users01.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users01.dbf
$ cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf
$ cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example02.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf
$ cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael01.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf
$ cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users02.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf
$ cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael02.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf
$ cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf


SQL> alter tablespace users rename datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users01.dbf' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users01.dbf';
SQL>
Tablespace altered.

SQL> alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location';
Enter value for ts_name: users
Enter value for old_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users02.dbf
Enter value for new_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf
old   1: alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location'
new   1: alter tablespace users rename datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp/users02.dbf' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf'

Tablespace altered.

SQL> /
Enter value for ts_name: example
Enter value for old_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf
Enter value for new_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf
old   1: alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location'
new   1: alter tablespace example rename datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf'

Tablespace altered.

SQL> /
Enter value for ts_name: example
Enter value for old_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example02.dbf
Enter value for new_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf
old   1: alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location'
new   1: alter tablespace example rename datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example02.dbf' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf'

Tablespace altered.

SQL> /
Enter value for ts_name: michael
Enter value for old_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael01.dbf
Enter value for new_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf
old   1: alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location'
new   1: alter tablespace michael rename datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael01.dbf' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf'

Tablespace altered.

SQL> /
Enter value for ts_name: michael
Enter value for old_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael02.dbf
Enter value for new_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf
old   1: alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location'
new   1: alter tablespace michael rename datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/michael02.dbf' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf'

Tablespace altered.


SQL>  alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location';
Enter value for ts_name: sysaux
Enter value for old_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf
Enter value for new_location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf
old   1:  alter tablespace &TS_NAME rename datafile '&old_location' to '&new_location'
new   1:  alter tablespace sysaux rename datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf'

Tablespace altered.


SQL> alter tablespace michael online;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> alter tablespace users online;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> alter tablespace example online;

Tablespace altered.
SQL> alter tablespace sysaux offline;

Tablespace altered.





SQL> SELECT NAME,
  2      FILE#,
  3      STATUS,
  4      CHECKPOINT_CHANGE# "CHECKPOINT"
  5    FROM   V$DATAFILE;

NAME                                               FILE# STATUS  CHECKPOINT
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ----------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf              1 SYSTEM    11517939
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf              2 ONLINE    11517939
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/undotbs01.dbf             3 ONLINE    11517939
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users01.dbf       4 ONLINE    11536743
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf     5 ONLINE    11536772
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf     6 ONLINE    11536772
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf     7 ONLINE    11536718
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf       8 ONLINE    11536743
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf     9 ONLINE    11536718



Moving oracle temp datafile:




SQL> SELECT FILE_NAME , TABLESPACE_NAME FROM dba_temp_files;

FILE_NAME                                          TABLESPACE_NAME
-------------------------------------------------- --------------------





SQL> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp2
  2  TEMPFILE '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/temp02.dbf' SIZE 5M REUSE
  3  AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 1M MAXSIZE unlimited
  4  EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL UNIFORM SIZE 1M;

Tablespace created.

SQL>ALTER DATABASE DEFAULT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp2;

Database altered.

SQL> DROP TABLESPACE temp INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES;

Tablespace dropped.


SQL> CREATE TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp
  2  TEMPFILE '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/temp01.dbf' SIZE 100M REUSE
  3  AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 100M MAXSIZE 500M
  4  EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL UNIFORM SIZE 1M;


Tablespace created.


SQL> ALTER DATABASE DEFAULT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp;

Database altered.


SQL> DROP TABLESPACE temp2 INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES;


Tablespace dropped.


SQL> SELECT FILE_NAME,TABLESPACE_NAME  FROM dba_temp_files;

FILE_NAME                                          TABLESPACE_NAME  
-------------------------------------------------- --------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/temp01.dbf     TEMP            


Moving oracle undo tablespace/datafile:





SQL> alter system set undo_tablespace = '';

System altered.

SQL> DROP TABLESPACE UNDOTBS1 INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;

Tablespace dropped.

SQL> create undo tablespace undotbs1 datafile '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/undotbs01.dbf' size 500M reuse autoextend on maxsize 2000M;    

Tablespace created.

SQL> alter system set undo_tablespace = 'UNDOTBS1';

System altered.

SQL> select files.tablespace_name, files.file_name
  2  from
  3  (select file_id, file_name, tablespace_name, bytes/1024/1024 mb, autoextensible, 
  4  decode(autoextensible,'NO',bytes/1024/1024,decode(sign(maxbytes-bytes),-1,bytes/1024/1024,maxbytes/1024/1024)) maxmb
  5  from dba_data_files) files,
  6  (select file_id, sum(bytes)/1024/1024 freemb
  7  from dba_free_space
  8  group by file_id) free
 9  where files.file_id = free.file_id (+)
 10  and files.file_name like '%&Fname%'
 11  order by 1,2;
Enter value for fname: 
old  10: and files.file_name like '%&Fname%'
new  10: and files.file_name like '%%'

TABLESPACE_NAME      FILE_NAME                                         
-------------------- --------------------------------------------------
EXAMPLE              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf
EXAMPLE              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf
MICHAEL              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf
MICHAEL              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf
SYSAUX               /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf 
SYSTEM               /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf         
UNDOTBS1             /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/undotbs01.dbf        
USERS                /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users01.dbf  
USERS                /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf  




Moving oracle system datafiles:


Moving system file is little tricky we can not bring the system tablespace offline and then copy the files from old to new location and then rename.


SQL> alter tablespace system offline;
alter tablespace system offline
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01541: system tablespace cannot be brought offline; shut down if necessary

Below steps will recreate the system datafile at new location:


SQL> alter database backup controlfile to trace;

Database altered.

SQL> !ls -laht /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/orcl/orcl/trace | head -10
total 10M
drwxr-x---  2 oracle oinstall  52K Feb  7 13:12 .
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall 515K Feb  7 13:10 alert_orcl.log
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall 7.3K Feb  7 13:10 orcl_ora_16748.trc
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall  131 Feb  7 13:10 orcl_ora_16748.trm
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall  843 Feb  7 13:06 orcl_ora_17506.trc
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall   60 Feb  7 13:06 orcl_ora_17506.trm
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall  881 Feb  7 13:05 orcl_dbrm_16711.trc
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall   60 Feb  7 13:05 orcl_dbrm_16711.trm
-rw-r-----  1 oracle oinstall  840 Feb  7 13:03 orcl_mman_16717.trc

SQL> !cat  /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/orcl/orcl/trace/orcl_ora_16748.trc
Trace file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/orcl/orcl/trace/orcl_ora_16748.trc
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
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copy the command from startup mount to the semicomma (;)

STARTUP NOMOUNT
CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "ORCL" NORESETLOGS  NOARCHIVELOG
    MAXLOGFILES 16
    MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
    MAXDATAFILES 100
    MAXINSTANCES 8
    MAXLOGHISTORY 1168
LOGFILE
  GROUP 1 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
  GROUP 2 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo02.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
  GROUP 3 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo03.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512
-- STANDBY LOGFILE
DATAFILE
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/undotbs01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf',
  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf'
CHARACTER SET WE8MSWIN1252
;


Then change the line  '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf' with the new location which is '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/system01.dbf' do the following steps.

SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> !cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/system01.dbf

SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area  535662592 bytes
Fixed Size                  1337720 bytes
Variable Size             385877640 bytes
Database Buffers          142606336 bytes
Redo Buffers                5840896 bytes
SQL> CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "ORCL" NORESETLOGS  NOARCHIVELOG
  2      MAXLOGFILES 16
  3      MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
  4      MAXDATAFILES 100
  5      MAXINSTANCES 8
  6      MAXLOGHISTORY 1168
  7  LOGFILE
  8    GROUP 1 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
  9    GROUP 2 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo02.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512,
 10    GROUP 3 '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo03.log'  SIZE 50M BLOCKSIZE 512
 11  -- STANDBY LOGFILE
 12  DATAFILE
 13    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/system01.dbf',
 14    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf',
 15    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/undotbs01.dbf',
 16    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users01.dbf',
 17    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf',
 18    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf',
 19    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf',
 20    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf',
 21    '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf'
 22  CHARACTER SET WE8MSWIN1252
 23  ;

Control file created.

SQL> alter database open;

Database altered.

SQL> select files.tablespace_name, files.file_name
  2  from
  3  (select file_id, file_name, tablespace_name, bytes/1024/1024 mb, autoextensible, 
  4  decode(autoextensible,'NO',bytes/1024/1024,decode(sign(maxbytes-bytes),-1,bytes/1024/1024,maxbytes/1024/1024)) maxmb
  5  from dba_data_files) files,
  6  (select file_id, sum(bytes)/1024/1024 freemb
  7  from dba_free_space
  8  group by file_id) free
 9  where files.file_id = free.file_id (+)
 10  and files.file_name like '%&Fname%'
 11  order by 1,2;
Enter value for fname: 
old  10: and files.file_name like '%&Fname%'
new  10: and files.file_name like '%%'

TABLESPACE_NAME      FILE_NAME                                         
-------------------- --------------------------------------------------
EXAMPLE              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example01.dbf
EXAMPLE              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/example02.dbf
MICHAEL              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael01.dbf
MICHAEL              /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/michael02.dbf
SYSAUX               /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/sysaux01.dbf 
SYSTEM               /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/system01.dbf 
UNDOTBS1             /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/undotbs01.dbf
USERS                /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users01.dbf  
USERS                /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/users02.dbf  

Moving oracle redo log files:

SQL> select     lf.member
  2  from       v$logfile lf
  3  ,  v$log lg
  4  where      lg.group# = lf.group#
  5  order      by 1;

MEMBER                                  
----------------------------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log 
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo02.log 
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo03.log 

SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> !cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo01.log

SQL> !cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo02.log /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo02.log

SQL> !cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo03.log /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo03.log

SQL> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area  535662592 bytes
Fixed Size                  1337720 bytes
Variable Size             385877640 bytes
Database Buffers          142606336 bytes
Redo Buffers                5840896 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> 
SQL> 
SQL> alter database rename file '&old_redo_file' to '&new_redo_file';
Enter value for old_redo_file: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log
Enter value for new_redo_file: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo01.log
old   1: alter database rename file '&old_redo_file' to '&new_redo_file'
new   1: alter database rename file '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo01.log'

Database altered.

SQL> /
Enter value for old_redo_file: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo02.log
Enter value for new_redo_file: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo02.log
old   1: alter database rename file '&old_redo_file' to '&new_redo_file'
new   1: alter database rename file '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo02.log' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo02.log'

Database altered.

SQL> /
Enter value for old_redo_file: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo03.log
Enter value for new_redo_file: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo03.log
old   1: alter database rename file '&old_redo_file' to '&new_redo_file'
new   1: alter database rename file '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo03.log' to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo03.log'

Database altered.

SQL> alter database open;

Database altered.

SQL> select     lf.member
  2  from       v$logfile lf
  3  ,  v$log lg
  4  where      lg.group# = lf.group#
  5  order      by 1;

MEMBER                                          
------------------------------------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo01.log 
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo02.log 
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/redo03.log 


Moving oracle controlfiles:

SQL> select name from v$controlfile;

NAME
----------------------------------------------------------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl
/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl

SQL> show parameter control_files

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
control_files                        string      /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/c
                                                 ontrol01.ctl, /u01/app/oracle/
                                                 flash_recovery_area/orcl/contr
                                                 ol02.ctl

SQL> alter system set control_files='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/control01.ctl','/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl' scope=spfile;

System altered.

SQL> show parameter control_files

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
control_files                        string      /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/c
                                                 ontrol01.ctl, /u01/app/oracle/
                                                 flash_recovery_area/orcl/contr
                                                 ol02.ctl
SQL> select name from v$controlfile;

NAME
----------------------------------------------------------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl
/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl




SQL> alter system set control_files='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/control01.ctl','/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl' scope=spfile;

System altered.

SQL> show parameter control_files

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
control_files                        string      /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/c
                                                 ontrol01.ctl, /u01/app/oracle/
                                                 flash_recovery_area/orcl/contr
                                                 ol02.ctl
SQL> select name from v$controlfile;

NAME
----------------------------------------------------------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl
/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl



All the files are moved to new directory


SQL> alter system set control_files='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/new_location/control01.ctl','/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl' scope=spfile;

System altered.

SQL> show parameter control_files

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
control_files                        string      /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/c
                                                 ontrol01.ctl, /u01/app/oracle/
                                                 flash_recovery_area/orcl/contr
                                                 ol02.ctl
SQL> select name from v$controlfile;

NAME
----------------------------------------------------------------------
/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl
/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl

I hope above steps will help you.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great comprehensive article!
Since Oracle 12c you can move datafiles online with one command (including SYSTEM, SYSAUX, UNDO etc.) i.e.
ALTER DATABASE MOVE DATAFILE '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/cdb1/system01.dbf' TO '/tmp/system01.dbf';

https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/online-move-datafile-12cr1