Oracle file types and Oracle ASM file type tags

Oracle file types and Oracle ASM file type tags

Oracle ASM File Type	Description	Oracle ASM File Type Tag	Comments
CONTROLFILE	Control files and backup control files	Current Backup	Archive Backup
DATAFILE	Data files and data file copies	tblspname	Name of the tablespace into which the file is added
ONLINELOG	Online logs	group_loggroup#
ARCHIVELOG	Archive logs	thread_thread#_seq_sequence#
TEMPFILE	Tempfiles	tsname	Name of the tablespace into which the file is added
BACKUPSET	Data file and archive log backup pieces; data file incremental backup pieces	spfile?_timestamp	spfile? can take one of two values: s indicates that the backup set includes the spfile; n indicates that the backup set does not include the spfile. timestamp is the time that the backup is started.
PARAMETERFILE	Persistent parameter files	spfile	Name of the SPFILE
DATAGUARDCONFIG	Data Guard configuration file	db-unique-name	Data Guard uses the value of the DB_UNIQUE_NAME initialization parameter.
FLASHBACK	Flashback logs	log_flashbacklog#
CHANGETRACKING	Block change tracking data	ctf	Used during incremental backups
DUMPSET	Data Pump dumpset	user_obj#_file#	Dump set files encode the user name, the job number that created the dump set, and the file number as part of the tag.
XTRANSPORT	Data file convert	tblspname	Name of the tablespace where the Oracle ASM metadata is added
AUTOBACKUP	Automatic backup files	spfile?_timestamp	spfile? can take one of two values: s indicates that the backup set includes the spfile; n indicates that the backup set does not include the spfile. timestamp is the time that the backup is started.
ASMPARAMETERFILE	Oracle ASM persistent parameter files	spfile	Name of the Oracle ASM SPFILE
OCRFILE	Oracle Clusterware Registry files	ocrfile	Name of the OCR files