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How to restore an SPFILE from an OCI backup located in Object Storage?

edited Aug 11, 2025 2:54AM in OCI - General 1 comment

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I'm working with an Oracle Database hosted on OCI and I need to restore the SPFILE (server parameter file). I have a backup that was taken using RMAN and stored in an OCI Object Storage bucket. I'm looking for the correct procedure or best practices to perform this restoration safely.

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Has anyone successfully restored a missing or corrupted spfile directly from an RMAN backup stored in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage?

The database is currently down and I only have access to the RMAN backups in Object Storage. I can start the instance in 

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