9 Managing Control Files

This chapter explains how to create and maintain the control files for your database and contains the following topics:

• What Is a Control File?

• Guidelines for Control Files

• Creating Control Files

• Troubleshooting After Creating Control Files

• Backing Up Control Files

• Recovering a Control File Using a Current Copy

• Dropping Control Files

• Control Files Data Dictionary Views

  See Also:

  Chapter 15, "Using Oracle-Managed Files" for information about creating control files that are both created and managed by the Oracle Database server