千呼万唤oracle dul 11终于发布了,迫不及待的下载来测试,现在版本号为dul 11.2.0.0.1,目前只发布了for linux,其他版本估计要等等.期待该版本有引进新功能
oracle dul 11发布

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dul 11 测试恢复oracle 12c版本

[root@ora1221 dul11]# ./dul

Data UnLoader: 11.2.0.0.1 - Internal Only - on Mon Jun 13 00:04:50 2016
with 64-bit io functions

Copyright (c) 1994 2016 Bernard van Duijnen All rights reserved.

 Strictly Oracle Internal Use Only


DUL: Warning: Recreating file "dul.log"
Found db_id = 1414800805
Found db_name = ORCL

DUL> bootstrap;
Probing file = 1, block = 520
. unloading table                BOOTSTRAP$
DUL: Warning: block number is non zero but marked deferred trying to process it anyhow
      60 rows unloaded
DUL: Warning: Dictionary cache DC_BOOTSTRAP is empty
Reading BOOTSTRAP.dat 60 entries loaded
Parsing Bootstrap$ contents
DUL: Warning: Recreating file "dict.ddl"
Generating dict.ddl for version 12
 OBJ$: segobjno 18, file 1 block 240
 TAB$: segobjno 2, tabno 1, file 1  block 144
 COL$: segobjno 2, tabno 5, file 1  block 144
 USER$: segobjno 10, tabno 1, file 1  block 208
Running generated file "@dict.ddl" to unload the dictionary tables
. unloading table                      OBJ$   72547 rows unloaded
. unloading table                      TAB$    2137 rows unloaded
. unloading table                      COL$  115645 rows unloaded
. unloading table                     USER$     129 rows unloaded
Reading USER.dat 129 entries loaded
Reading OBJ.dat
DUL: FATAL Error: File OBJ.dat, line 22094: identifier too long

dul 11 恢复oracle 12c 报错分析
看报错OBJ.dat报错数据,从定义上判断是长度过长

[root@ora1221 dul11]# vi OBJ.dat 
  22091 "22435" "" "0" "JVMFCB" "" "9" ""
  22092 "22436" "" "0" "JVMFCB" "" "11" ""
  22093 "22437" "56417" "0" "JAVA$CBOBJ$" "" "2" ""
----  22094 "22439" "" "0" "sun/util/xml/PlatformXmlPropertiesProvider$Resolver" "" "29" ""
  22095 "22440" "" "0" "sun/util/xml/PlatformXmlPropertiesProvider$EH" "" "29" ""
  22096 "22441" "" "0" "sun/util/xml/PlatformXmlPropertiesProvider$1" "" "29" ""
  22097 "22442" "" "0" "sun/util/resources/LocaleNamesBundle" "" "29" ""

对象名长度分析

[oracle@ora1221 ~]$ ss

SQL*Plus: Release 12.2.0.0.3 Production on Fri Aug 7 02:50:35 2015

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Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.2.0.0.3 - 64bit Production

SQL> select length(object_name) from dba_objects 
  2  where object_name='sun/util/xml/PlatformXmlPropertiesProvider$Resolver';

LENGTH(OBJECT_NAME)
-------------------
                 51

SQL> select max(length(object_name)) from dba_objects;

MAX(LENGTH(OBJECT_NAME))
------------------------
                     123

SQL> desc dba_objects
 Name                                      Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
 OWNER                                              VARCHAR2(128)
 OBJECT_NAME                                        VARCHAR2(128)
 SUBOBJECT_NAME                                     VARCHAR2(128)
 OBJECT_ID                                          NUMBER
 DATA_OBJECT_ID                                     NUMBER
 OBJECT_TYPE                                        VARCHAR2(23)
 CREATED                                            DATE
 LAST_DDL_TIME                                      DATE
 TIMESTAMP                                          VARCHAR2(19)
 STATUS                                             VARCHAR2(7)
 TEMPORARY                                          VARCHAR2(1)
 GENERATED                                          VARCHAR2(1)
 SECONDARY                                          VARCHAR2(1)
 NAMESPACE                                          NUMBER
 EDITION_NAME                                       VARCHAR2(128)
 SHARING                                            VARCHAR2(18)
 EDITIONABLE                                        VARCHAR2(1)
 ORACLE_MAINTAINED                                  VARCHAR2(1)
 APPLICATION                                        VARCHAR2(1)
 DEFAULT_COLLATION                                  VARCHAR2(100)
 DUPLICATED                                         VARCHAR2(1)
 SHARDED                                            VARCHAR2(1)
 CREATED_APPID                                      NUMBER
 CREATED_VSNID                                      NUMBER
 MODIFIED_APPID                                     NUMBER
 MODIFIED_VSNID                                     NUMBER

在oracle 12c中对象名长度已经变为128,但是dul依旧不能支持列长度，既然作者已经在init.dul的Compatible参数曾增加了对12c的支持,那对这样明显的bug应该在不久的将来即可修复。当然这个问题,可以通过一些人工技巧绕过去