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Oracle Flashback allows you to move a database or table back in time to a previous point without restoring from backups. Flashback Database uses flashback logs to rewind the entire database to a past system change number (SCN) or timestamp. You must enable Flashback Database and configure the fast recovery area and retention period. Flashback Table recovers a dropped table from the recycle bin or flashes a table back to a past SCN or timestamp. You must enable row movement before using Flashback Table. Key Flashback features include Flashback Database, Flashback Table Before Drop, and Flashback Table. Flashback Database requires setup including enabling archivelog mode and configuring parameters.

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Flashback

Oracle Flashback allows you to move a database or table back in time to a previous point without restoring from backups. Flashback Database uses flashback logs to rewind the entire database to a past system change number (SCN) or timestamp. You must enable Flashback Database and configure the fast recovery area and retention period. Flashback Table recovers a dropped table from the recycle bin or flashes a table back to a past SCN or timestamp. You must enable row movement before using Flashback Table. Key Flashback features include Flashback Database, Flashback Table Before Drop, and Flashback Table. Flashback Database requires setup including enabling archivelog mode and configuring parameters.

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Oracle Flashback

Oracle flashback allows you to move database back in time.


With Flashback Database, you can rewind the database to a previous point in time without media
recovery (that is, without restoring backup copies of the datafiles). When the database is running,
Flashback Database buffers and writes before-images of data blocks to flashback logs, which are
generated by default for all permanent tablespaces and which reside in the fast recovery area
(FRA).

You can use flashback technology to move entire database or a particular table inside database.
• Flashback Table Before Drop
• Flashback Table
• Flashback Database
• Enable Flashback
• Create Sample User
• Flashback Database to SCN or Timestamp
Note: only for flashback database activity, you must enable flashback database. For all other
flashback activities, you do not need to enable flashback database

Flashback Table Before Drop

You can flashback a dropped table from recyclebin using flashback table command
SHOW RECYCLEBIN;

FLASHBACK TABLE "BIN$gk3lsj/3akk5hg3j2lkl5j3d==$0" TO BEFORE DROP;

or

FLASHBACK TABLE SCOTT.FLASH_EMP TO BEFORE DROP;

You can even rename table while flashing it back from recyclebin
FLASHBACK TABLE SCOTT.FLASH_EMP TO BEFORE DROP RENAME TO NEW_EMP;
Note: Recyclebin must be enabled to use flashback table before drop

Flashback Table

You can flashback table to a particular SCN or time in the past. Before you can flashback table,
you must enable row movement
ALTER TABLE hr.employees ENABLE ROW MOVEMENT;
Now you are ready to flashback table to SCN or timestamp
FLASHBACK TABLE EMP TO SCN <scn_no>;

FLASHBACK TABLE HR.EMPLOYEES TO TIMESTAMP


TO_TIMESTAMP(‘2016-05-12 18:30:00’, ‘YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS’);
Note: for flashback table, enabling FLASHBACK DATABASE is not required at all

Flashback Database
We can move an entire database back in time to a particular SCN or a timestamp. Flashback
Database must be already enabled on the database to user this feature.

Enable Flashback Database

Make sure DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST parameter is set. This is the location where Oracle
will store flashback logs
Set DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST parameter as per requirement

SQL> alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size=50G SCOPE=spfile;


SQL> alter system set db_recovery_file_dest='/u02/flash_logs' SCOPE=spfile;

Confirm that the database is in ARCHIVELOG mode, which is required for Flashback Database,
and enable ARCHIVELOG mode if needed.

Set the DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET parameter which specifies the upper limit


(in minutes) on how far back in time the database can be flashed back

SQL> alter system set db_flashback_retention_target=2880;

Set the associated undo retention, required for certain flashback features. Here, we set a 24-hour
undo retention (in seconds), equivalent to half the DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET,
as in above step.

Enable flashback database which requires database bounce

SQL> shutdown immediate;


SQL> startup mount;
SQL> alter database flashback on;
SQL> alter database open;

SQL> select flashback_on from v$database;


Create Sample User
Let us capture the database SCN number before we create a user
SQL> SELECT current_scn, SYSTIMESTAMP FROM v$database;

Current SCN: 2703232


Create a user FLASH_USR and try to connect the database with same user
SQL> create user flash_usr identified by flash_usr;
SQL> grant connect, resource to flash_usr;
SQL> conn flash_usr/flash_usr;

Flashback Database to SCN or Timestamp

Assume that the user has been created by mistake and you want to flashback database to the SCN
just before the user creation. Shutdown DB and startup mount
SQL> shut immediate;
SQL> startup mount;

Flashback database to SCN before user creation and open database with resetlogs

SQL> Flashback database to scn 2703232;


SQL> Alter database open resetlogs;

You can flashback database to particular timestamp too


FLASHBACK DATABASE TO TIMESTAMP
TO_TIMESTAMP(‘2016-05-12 18:30:00’, ‘YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS’);

Reference:
https://logicalread.com/oracle-12-flashback-database-mc07/#.YXpP3Z5BzIV
https://www.support.dbagenesis.com/post/oracle-flashback

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