Database Recovery: Database administrators major responsibility is to prepare for the possibility of hardware, software, network, process or system

failure. The administrator usually recovers the database if any failure addects the operation of database system.Recovery made should protect the database and associated users from unneccessary problems and avoid or reduce the possibiliy of having to duplicate work manually. The recovery process depends on the type of failure occured, the structures affected and the type of recovery applied. If no files are lost or damaged, recovery may amount to no more than restarting an instance but if data is lost it requires additional steps. What does recovering a system database entail? The recovery procedure for system databases depends on the database involved and the problems that you have on your system. In general, recovery may include:

Using load database to load backups of these databases, Using data server, install master, and install model to restore the initial state of these databases, or A combination of the above tasks. To make the recovery of system databases as efficient as possible:

Do not store user databases or any databases other than master, tempdb, model, and sybsystemdb on the master device. Always keep up-to-date printouts of important system tables. Always back up the master database after performing actions such as initializing database devices, creating or altering databases, or adding new server logins. References:
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/portal/help/oracle8/server.815/a67781/c28recov.htm http://infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.help.ase_15.0.sag2/html/sag2/sag255 1.htm