Restoring Without a Backup History 

Prerequisites

The database instance is in ADMIN mode.

The backup history contains errors or is no longer complete.

Procedure

  1. Choose Instance ® Recovery ® Database.
  2. Select the option Restore a medium.
  3. In this screen, you can specify the time by which a backup medium should be read in by selecting the option Restore by a specific time. The system default is the current time. If you do not change the time proposed by the system, the backups are restored completely and with all the changes they contain.
  4. Choose RecoveryDatabase ® Next Step.
    A list of all of the available backup media is presented.
  5. Select the medium you want to restore. If you are performing a restore using external backup tools, the system displays a list of backups. Choose RecoveryDatabase ® Next Step. Select the required external backup IDs.
  6. Choose RecoveryDatabase ® Next Step.
    The system prompts you to insert the backup medium. If you are performing a restore using external backup tools, the external backup IDs are displayed again at this point.
  7. Choose RecoveryDatabase ® Start to start the recovery process.
    If you then want to restore other backup media without a backup history, proceed as outlined in step 2 onward.
  8. Choose RecoveryDatabase ® Restart to restart the database instance.

You can if you wish stop the restore process and resume it later on (see Continuing an Interrupted Restore).