Re: RMAN backup fails - unable to open file

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:32:02 -0700
Message-ID: <CAORjz=MzQJXV_XeYsJ8YizjcLb9p7VR7Bv1WEhujGM=tSubH1g_at_mail.gmail.com>



On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Joel Slowik <jslowik_at_cps92.com> wrote:
> The only locks in process explorer were oracle, so we shut down the
> database and started it back up and that did not solve the issue. We then
> shut down the instance of the database and restarted the instance and that
> helped; we now have no issues writing data to the data files.
>
> What could be going on here?
>
>

Antivirus comes to mind.

Closing the instance may have been a coincidence.

As instance was restarted before determining what the lock were, there's nothing to do but guess.

Being on windows complicates matters.

You should considering finding a good utility that shows all locks on a file.

Jared

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Received on Fri Jul 13 2012 - 14:32:02 CDT

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