Dumps

Redo Logs

To identify the current redo log use

    SELECT member FROM v$logfile
    WHERE group# = 
    (
        SELECT group# FROM v$log
        WHERE status = 'CURRENT'
    );

To dump a redo log file use

    ALTER SYSTEM DUMP LOGFILE 'FileName';

e.g.

    ALTER SYSTEM DUMP LOGFILE 'R:\Oracle\Oradata\JD92001\Redo01.log';

The syntax of this statement is as follows

    ALTER SYSTEM DUMP LOGFILE 'FileName'
        SCN MIN MinimumSCN
        SCN MAX MaximumSCN
        TIME MIN MinimumTime
        TIME MAX MaximumTime
        LAYER Layer
        OPCODE Opcode
        DBA MIN FileNumber . BlockNumber
        DBA MAX FileNumber . BlockNumber
        RBA MIN LogFileSequenceNumber . BlockNumber
        RBA MAX LogFileSequenceNumber . BlockNumber;

The minimum and maximum SCN is a decimal number

The minimum and maximum time is a decimal number representing the number of seconds since midnight 01Jan1988. These are calculated using the following formula

    time = (((((yyyy - 1988)) * 12 + mm - 1) * 31 + dd - 1) * 24 + hh) * 
           60 + mi) * 60 + ss;

where

This is the same formula that is used to represent time within the redo log

The layer and opcode are those used to indicate specific operations within the redo log e.g. LAYER 5 OPCODE 4 is an undo segment header commit operation

Note that there must be spaces around the periods in the DBA and RBA.

See Metalink Note 1031381.6 for further examples