Use RMAN to Manage Oracle Files / DataFiles

RMAN> REPORT SCHEMA;

Report of database schema for database with db_unique_name ORCL

List of Permanent Datafiles
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File Size(MB) Tablespace           RB segs Datafile Name
—- ——– ——————– ——- ————————
1    750      SYSTEM               ***     /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/system01.dbf
2    1150     SYSAUX               ***     /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/sysaux01.dbf
3    444      UNDOTBS1             ***     /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/undotbs01.dbf
4    120      USERS                ***     /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/users01.dbf
5    345      EXAMPLE              ***     /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/example01.dbf
8    3277     SOE                  ***     /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/db_1/dbs/soe.dbf

List of Temporary Files
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File Size(MB) Tablespace           Maxsize(MB) Tempfile Name
—- ——– ——————– ———– ——————–
1    370      TEMP                 32767       /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/temp01.dbf

RMAN>

Copy the file(s) to the new location.

RMAN> COPY DATAFILE 8 TO '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORCL/soe.dbf';

Turn the tablespace to offline. We could have turned the tablespace offline before the copy, removing the need for a recovery, but the tablespace would have been offline longer using that method.

RMAN> SQL 'ALTER TABLESPACE osama OFFLINE';

Switch to the new datafile copy(s) and recover the tablespace.

RMAN> SWITCH DATAFILE 8 TO COPY;
RMAN> RECOVER TABLESPACE osama;

Remove the old datafile(s).

Done .
Osama Mustafa