Re: RMAN Archive Log

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:29:40 -0700 (PDT), exec_at_chicagorsvp.com wrote:

>
>Hi,
>
>We put our database into archive log mode. It has been that way for a
>day. We also modified our init.ora file to set the destination and
>file name format.
>
>When we run RMAN, it looks in the oracle home and also for a totally
>different file name with a totally different sequence number. We set
>the location in RMAN with no luck.......
>
>We are on 10g R2 and using the control file rather than the recovery
>catalog......
>
>Any thoughts? Do I need to shutdown and re-open with resetlogs???

RMAN only looks in the catalog whether it is located in the controlfile or in the catalog database doesn't matter.

In short: you only state 'It doesn't work' without any evidence. You can not expect accurate responses.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA