What to do when Oracle database corrupts after a power outage

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Most of you who use Oracle database regularly mustis:
have faced problems in mounting the Oracle database"DBV-00200: Block, dba 4289132, already marked
while trying to access them. The primary reason forcorrupted
such situations is the logical corruption in the databaseDBV-00200: Block, dba 4309228, already marked
files, which are, in turn, saved in the physical storagecorrupted"
components referred as blocks. Oncecorruption isCause:
encountered in the database, it becomes inaccessible,The primary cause for such erroneous situation is that
which makes all the records inaccessible as well.the a corrupted block has been allocated to an Oracle
There could be any number of database corruptiondatabase component. Other reason for such case is
such as human errors, virus infections, improper orthat the database has corrupted due to power outage.
abrupt system shutdown, bugs in the existingResolution:
application version, etc. In such cases, you should try toTo resolve such problem, you should check if the
find out the exact cause of corruption, and try todatabase has an updated and clean backup. If yes,
resolve the problem. If you are unable to fix thethen you should restore the database from its backup.
problem, then you should check the database backup.Now, try to mount the database. It should be fine now.
Try to restore from the backup, if it is updated. If anyHowever, if the backup is not updated or you still face
of these methods are insufficient to resolve the issue,the similar problems then you should use a third-party
then you should use a third-party Oracle databaseOracle database recovery software to recover
recovery software to recover Oracle database.Oracle database. Such DBF recovery tools are
Consider a scenario wherein you are working on anread-only in nature that do not overwrite the existing
Oracle database. Suddenly, there is a power outagedatabase while scanning it.
and the system shuts down abruptly. When the power