Re: RMAN error: ORA-01031 Insufficient privileges

From: ddf <oratune_at_msn.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 07:44:10 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <2ce3136e-efb5-4421-a495-df72c1c1991b_at_googlegroups.com>

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 7:02:24 AM UTC-7, gnews..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 8:01:33 AM UTC-5, gnews..._at_gmail.com wrote:
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> > I do have a lot of experiences in MS SQL Server, but sorta new to Oracle.
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> > I have Oracle XE on Windows 7 Enterprise. I am learning how to use RMAN to back up my database.
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> > Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on Tue Dec 4 07:55:14 2012
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> > RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
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> > RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
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> > RMAN-00554: initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
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> > RMAN-04005: error from target database:
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> > ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
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> > I searched and found solutions on a Unix based system. But this is Windows, how do I make sure I can successfully launch rman? What do I need to do? Thank you!
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> Execute rman with 0 arguments, that gets me into the rman prompt.
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> RMAN> connect target sys
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> target database Password:
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> connected to target database: XE (DBID=2681755392)
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> So, I am connected to XE as sys. Now I want to back up only tablespace hr, how to do it? All I found online is this simple command: BACKUP DATABASE. That doesn't tell me what it is backing up. I don't want to back up all tablespaces in my XE instance.
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First, with Windows, you need to be connected as the Administrator account which installed the Oracle software to use the '/' connection shortcut.

Now, to backup a tablespace with RMAN the command is simple:

RMAN> backup tablespace hr tag hr_backup;

Presuming the database is in ARCHIVELOG mode you can backup the tablespace while the database is running. If the database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode then you must shutdown the database, start it up in mount mode and then backup the tablespace:

RMAN> shutdown

database closed
database dismounted
Oracle instance shut down

RMAN> startup mount

connected to target database (not started) Oracle instance started
database mounted

Total System Global Area 753299456 bytes

Fixed Size                     1387240 bytes
Variable Size                213910808 bytes
Database Buffers             532676608 bytes
Redo Buffers                   5324800 bytes

RMAN> backup tablespace hr tag hr_bkp;

Starting backup at 04-DEC-12
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1

channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=63 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set

input datafile file number=00007 name=C:\ORADB\ORADATA\SMEDLEY\HR01.DBF channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 04-DEC-12 channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 04-DEC-12 piece handle=C:\ORADB\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\SMEDLEY\BACKUPSET\2012_12_04\O1_MF_NNNDF_HR_BKP_8CW68821_.BKP tag=HR_BKP comment=NONE channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03 Finished backup at 04-DEC-12

RMAN> How you can open the database and get back to work:

RMAN> sql "alter database open";

sql statement: alter database open

RMAN> David Fitzjarrell Received on Tue Dec 04 2012 - 16:44:10 CET