Re: rman fail on backup control file

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Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production

SQL> show parameter control

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ -----------
------------------------------
control_file_record_keep_time        integer     7
control_files                        string
D:\DATA\ORACLE\ORADATA\XE\CONTROL01.DBF,

channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=193 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

Starting backup at 23-AUG-18
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset including current control file in backupset channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 23-AUG-18

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

> Hi Jeff,
>
> Please show me this:
>
> 1) In SQL*Plus as DBA:
>
> SQL> show parameter control
>
> 2) run some more RMAN backup tests to the 2 locations, choosing a small
> sized datafile, eg. datafile 4,
>
> RMAN> backup datafile 4 format
> 'C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\SERVER\DATABASE\df4_%U.bk';
> RMAN> backup current controlfile format
> 'C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\SERVER\DATABASE\ctl_%U.bk';
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leng.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 1:57 AM, Gus Spier <gus.spier_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I apologize if this has been mentioned before and I missed it.
>>
>> You are certain that the physical disk you are trying to write to is
>> entirely serviceable? It is not possible that the disk that houses block
>> 10014 is failing, right?
>>
>> v/r,
>>
>> Gus
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:56 AM Jeff Chirco <backseatdba_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for your help. It would be weird if it was permissions as this
>>> has worked for years.
>>>
>>> RMAN> show all;
>>>
>>> using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
>>> RMAN configuration parameters are:
>>> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 2;
>>> CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
>>> CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
>>> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
>>> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; #
>>> default
>>> CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; #
>>> default
>>> CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
>>> CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
>>> CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
>>> CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
>>> CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
>>> CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
>>> CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO
>>> 'C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\SE
>>> RVER\DATABASE\SNCFXE2.ORA';
>>>
>>> RMAN> backup datafile 1;
>>>
>>> Starting backup at 21-AUG-18
>>> allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=195 devtype=DISK
>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
>>> input datafile fno=00001 name=D:\DATA\ORACLE\ORADATA\XE\SYSTEM.DBF
>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 21-AUG-18
>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 21-AUG-18
>>> piece
>>> handle=D:\BACKUP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\BACKUPSET\2018_08_21\O1_MF_
>>> NNNDF_TAG20180821T074350_FQR996K2_.BKP tag=TAG20180821T074350
>>> comment=NONE
>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:15
>>> Finished backup at 21-AUG-18
>>>
>>> Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 21-AUG-18
>>> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
>>> RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
>>> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
>>> RMAN-03009: failure of Control File and SPFILE Autobackup command on
>>> ORA_DISK_1
>>> channel at 08/21/2018 07:44:13
>>> ORA-19599: block number 10014 is corrupt in control file
>>> C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\
>>> PRODUCT\10.2.0\SERVER\DATABASE\SNCFXE2.ORA
>>>
>>> RMAN> show parameter control
>>>
>>> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
>>> RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
>>> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
>>> RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
>>> RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "parameter": expecting one of: "all,
>>> archivelog,
>>> auxiliary, auxname, backup, channel, controlfile, datafile, device,
>>> default, ex
>>> clude, encryption, maxsetsize, retention, snapshot"
>>> RMAN-01007: at line 1 column 6 file: standard input
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 3:59 AM LK <lkaing_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>
>>>> From the debug we can see the failure is here:
>>>>
>>>> DBGRPC: krmxrpc: xc=15378960 kpurpc2 rc=19624 db=target
>>>> proc=DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.BACKUPPIECECREATE
>>>> DBGMISC: ENTERED krmzejob [10:13:23.281]
>>>> DBGMISC: Input Args(failed=1),(errnum=-19624) [10:13:23.359]
>>>> (krmzejob)
>>>>
>>>> It's trying to create the backuppiece and can't do so.
>>>>
>>>> So I suspect that you have permission issues with the backup location.
>>>>
>>>> eg.
>>>>
>>>> How to Configure RMAN to Write to Shared Drives on Windows NT/2000/2003
>>>> (Doc ID 145843.1)
>>>>
>>>> You said that the rest of the backup works, except for the autobackup.
>>>>
>>>> So please show me the result of the following:
>>>>
>>>> RMAN> show all;
>>>> RMAN> backup datafile 1;
>>>>
>>>> SQL> show parameter control
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking that we need to configure the autobackup and snapshot
>>>> controlfile locations to wherever your datafile backup goes. I
>>>>
>>>> But please show me the above and see what we get.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Leng Burgess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 3:19 AM, Jeff Chirco <backseatdba_at_gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry you are right the backup portion is running, it just last part
>>>>> that is not.
>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> RMAN> backup current controlfile;
>>>>>
>>>>> Starting backup at 20-AUG-18
>>>>> using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
>>>>> allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
>>>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=197 devtype=DISK
>>>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
>>>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
>>>>> including current control file in backupset
>>>>> channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 20-AUG-18
>>>>> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
>>>>> RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
>>>>> RMAN-00571: ==============================
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> =============================
>>>>> RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ORA_DISK_1 channel at
>>>>> 08/20/2018 10:17:
>>>>> 26
>>>>> ORA-19599: block number 10014 is corrupt in control file
>>>>> C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\
>>>>> PRODUCT\10.2.0\SERVER\DATABASE\SNCFXE2.ORA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:39 AM Leng <lkaing_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you meany by ‘my Rman backups are failing everyday’? Is it
>>>>>> the entire backup or just the last part where it tries to do an autobackup?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You could try turning on debug as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rman> debug on;
>>>>>> Rman> spool trace to ‘c:\temp\ctl.debug;
>>>>>> Rman> backup current control file;
>>>>>> Rman> spool trace off
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please email the trace file and output from the above and I’ll have a
>>>>>> quick look...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Leng Burgess.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18 Aug 2018, at 12:58 am, Jeff Chirco <backseatdba_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the suggestions. I checked the drive space and it is not
>>>>>> an issue. However I did change the snapshot controlfile location to a
>>>>>> different disk and ran a backup spfile. Still getting same corruption
>>>>>> notice. It keeps talking about corruption in (file 0, block 10014). No
>>>>>> other errors in alert log.
>>>>>> We use this instance in retail locations and there haven't been any
>>>>>> issues with the database, and it gets rebooted every night. Just my rman
>>>>>> backups are failing everyday. Good thing we also do data pump exports.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 4:16 PM LK <lkaing_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep, agreed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try using a different drive that has plenty of free space and do the
>>>>>>> tests that I've outlined before...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> eg:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RMAN> CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO 'F:\DBA\SNAPCF_XE.F';
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And take an spfile backup - this should genereate a new snapshot
>>>>>>> controlfile:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RMAN> backup current controlfile;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd also get the sysadmin to do hardware/os/firmware check of the
>>>>>>> server in case this is just the tip of the iceberg... is there corruption
>>>>>>> in the underlying hardware/storage/firmware etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And check the alert.log - have you got other issues as well?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Leng Burgess.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Andrew Kerber <
>>>>>>> andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You may simply be out of space.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Aug 16, 2018, at 17:35, Jeff Chirco <backseatdba_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes I have 3 control files but this is not a control file, its the
>>>>>>>> snapshot control file. I have deleted this snapshot file and it recreates
>>>>>>>> it as corrupt. I am wondering which control file could be corrupt.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 1:19 PM Mladen Gogala <
>>>>>>>> gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 08/15/2018 07:21 PM, Jeff Chirco wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > I have an 10g XE database that is failing during rman backup.
>>>>>>>>> > ORA-19624: operation failed, retry possible
>>>>>>>>> > ORA-19599: block number 10014 is corrupt in control file
>>>>>>>>> > C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\SERVER\DATABASE\SNCFXE.ORA
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > I am not sure what SNCFXE.ORA is but I believe it is some
>>>>>>>>> snapshot
>>>>>>>>> > control file backup. Anybody know how to recover for this? Do
>>>>>>>>> I need
>>>>>>>>> > to do a full recovery from controlfile trace?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hopefully, you have more than one control file? If you do, please
>>>>>>>>> copy
>>>>>>>>> the correct one over the corrupt
>>>>>>>>> C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\SERVER\DATABASE\SNCFXE.ORA
>>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>>> Check your control_files parameter in the instance. If you don't
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> more than one, try dumping it to trace (ALTER DATABASE BACKUP
>>>>>>>>> CONTROLFILE TO TRACE AS 'C:\temp\ctlfile.sql' NORESETLOGS) then
>>>>>>>>> shutting
>>>>>>>>> down the instance and re-creating the control file.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Mladen Gogala
>>>>>>>>> Database Consultant
>>>>>>>>> Tel: (347) 321-1217
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
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