You can use the RMU Recover command to apply the contents of an .aij file to a restored copy of your database. Oracle RMU rolls forward the transactions in the .aij file into the restored copy of the database. The RMU Recover command accepts a list of .aij or .oaij file names. Unless you specify the Noautomatic qualifier, the RMU Recover command attempts to automatically complete the recovery operation by applying the journals currently associated with the database in the current journal configuration if they are in the recovery sequence. For example, if you specify the following RMU Recover command, Oracle RMU not only recovers AIJ1, but also AIJ2, AIJ3, and so on, for all journals in the recovery sequence: $ RMU/RECOVER AIJ1 However, note that this automatic recovery feature means that if you want to specify a termination condition, you must specify the Until qualifier. Example 1 demonstrates how to specify a termination condition with the Until qualifier. If you are using extensible journals, you can also use the RMU Backup After_Journal command to copy your database's .aij file to tape, and truncate the original .aij file without shutting down your database. If you have backed up your .aij files (using the RMU Backup After_Journal command), these .aij files are no longer part of the current journal configuration and automatic recovery does not take place because Oracle RMU does not know where to find the .aij files. (There is one exception to this rule: if the only .aij file that has been backed up is the first .aij file in the recovery sequence, then automatic recovery occurs. You specify the backed up .aij file on the Oracle RMU command line and Oracle RMU can determine where the remaining on-disk .aij files reside.) When automatic recover does not, or cannot occur, you must specify the complete list of .aij files on the RMU Recover command line to return your database to the desired state. If your backup files were created using the Noquiet_Point qualifier, you must provide the names of all the .aij files in just one command. In addition, you must be careful to apply these .aij files to the database in the order in which they were created. Oracle RMU checks the validity of the journal file entries against your database and applies only appropriate transactions. If none of the transactions apply, you will receive a warning message. You can access your database for retrieval of data between recovery steps, but you must not perform additional updates if you want to perform more recovery steps. If a system failure causes a recovery step to abort, you can simply issue the RMU Recover command again. Oracle RMU scans the .aij file until it finds the first transaction that has not yet been applied to your restored database. Oracle RMU begins recovery at that point.