Error with RMAN cold backup
I am taking a cold backup through RMAN. Yesterday I ran a crosscheck command and got this error. Is my backup method valid?
RMAN> CROSSCHECK BACKUP; allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=49 devtype=DISK allocated channel: ORA_DISK_2 channel ORA_DISK_2: sid=96 devtype=DISK allocated channel: ORA_DISK_3 channel ORA_DISK_3: sid=37 devtype=DISK allocated channel: ORA_DISK_4 channel ORA_DISK_4: sid=98 devtype=DISK allocated channel: ORA_DISK_5 channel ORA_DISK_5: sid=74 devtype=DISK crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE' backup piece handle=/orabackup/rman/control/c-4124556498- 20061027-00 recid=1997 stamp=604955892 RMAN-00571: RMAN-00569: ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS RMAN-00571: RMAN-03009: failure of crosscheck command on ORA_DISK_1 channel at 11/11/2006 14:34:11 ORA-19608: /orabackup/rman/control/c-4124556498- 20061028-00 is not a backup pieceThen I ran:
RMAN> RESTORE DATABASE VALIDATE; Starting restore at 11-NOV-06 using channel ORA_DISK_1 using channel ORA_DISK_2 using channel ORA_DISK_3 using channel ORA_DISK_4 using channel ORA_DISK_5 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting validation of datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_2: starting validation of datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_3: starting validation of datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_4: starting validation of datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_5: starting validation of datafile backupset RMAN-00571: RMAN-00569: ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS RMAN-00571: RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 11/11/2006 14:35:14 ORA-19505: failed to identify file "/orabackup/rman/data/10NOV2006_8qi22lel_1_1_20061110_%S.bak" ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directoryAdditional information/questions:
- Is my backup method valid?
- Is that backup piece corrupt which is showing the error?
- I am taking a cold backup daily.
Dig Deeper on Oracle database backup and recovery
Have a question for an expert?
Please add a title for your question
Get answers from a TechTarget expert on whatever's puzzling you.
Meet all of our Oracle Database / Applications experts
View all Oracle Database / Applications questions and answers
Start the conversation
0 comments