Quick Commands to copy DATAFILE or ARCHIVELOG file from ASM to unix filesystem

In Oracle 10g,

RMAN Solution

I. To Copy Datafile from ASM to filesystem

run{
allocate channel c1 type disk;
copy datafile '+DATA01/datafile/dat01.577.687959027' to /tmp/dat01.577.687959027';
}

II. To Copy archive log file from ASM to filesystem

backup as copy archivelog from sequence 23676 until sequence 23680 format '/tmp/archivelog/informatica%h_%e_resetlogs.arc';

PLSQL Solution using DBMS_FILE_TRANSFER

Create a directory object to point the source

create or replace directory SDIR as '+DATA01/datafile/';

Note : In my example, the database datafile which i wanted to copy from ASM to filesystem was residing in '+DATA01/datafile/'

Create a directory object to point the destination

create or replace directory DDIR as '/tmp';

Copy the file

BEGIN
dbms_file_transfer.copy_file(source_directory_object =>'SDIR',
source_file_name => 'dat01.577.687959027',
destination_directory_object => 'DDIR',
destination_file_name => 'dat01.dbf');
END;

In Oracle 11g,

Apart from the above compatible commands, ASMCMD command line utility has been enhanced with "cp" copy command.

ASMCMD[+]>cp +DATA01/datafile/dat01.577.687959027 /tmp/dat01.dbf

Keywords : copy; file; asm; filesystem; datafile; archive; archivelog