Re: RMAN recovery from tape with automatic channels

Just an update on this old thread.

Today it was discovered the this is definitely a problem caused by Veritas.

In NetBackup 5.1 MP3 the use of the lowercase 'env=' works.

We recently upgraded an Oracle client to 5.1 MP5, and the 'env=' had to be changed to 'ENV='

So it was either MP4 or MP5 that caused the problem.

On 4/24/07, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/20/07, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Whilst trying to simplify our restore procedures by using automatic
> > channels
> > to configure RMAN for tape, I have run into the following problem.
>
>
>
> I have found the problem.
>
> This command works:
>
> configure channel device type 'sbt'
> parms="BLKSIZE=1048576,ENV=(NB_ORA_CLIENT=ordevdb01,NB_ORA_POLICY=ORA_test_ts03,NB_ORA_SERV=rsysnbu,NB_ORA_SCHED=OracleBackup)";
>
> This command does not work:
>
> configure channel device type 'sbt'
> parms="BLKSIZE=1048576,env=(NB_ORA_CLIENT=ordevdb01,NB_ORA_POLICY=ORA_test_ts03,NB_ORA_SERV=rsysnbu,NB_ORA_SCHED=OracleBackup)";
>
> Actually both commands execute properly. The problem occurs when trying
> to make a backup.
>
> If the 2nd configure command is used, any attempt to backup with the
> automatic channel
> will result in an ORA-27209.
>
> Do you see the difference in the 2 commands?
>
> The one that works has ENV in uppercase, while it is 'env' in the
> non-working one.
>
> This must be an issue with the Veritas MML, as this problem does not occur
> when
> using the dummy tape interface.
>
> Only took me a month to figure it out. :(
>
> --
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>

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