About Restoring and Recovering a Database

Learn how to restore and recover VSS snapshots. As in the case of backups, the procedure depends on the archiving mode of the database and the type of snapshot that you are restoring.

• About Restoring and Recovering a Database in ARCHIVELOG Mode
  You can select the components listed in Components Usable in a Restore Operation in a restore and recovery operation.
• Restoring a Database in NOARCHIVELOG Mode
  For an Oracle Database running in NOARCHIVELOG mode, archived redo logs are not generated. So, media recovery is not possible.