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From: Gregory Hudson <gmhudson@acslink.aone.net.au>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc
Subject: Problem with RMAN connecting to a replicating database
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 20:48:34 +1000
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I am having a problem connecting Recovery Manager to a database that is
replicating and in archivelog mode.  This is Oracle8 on NT4/SP3.

The rman connection string works on noarchivelog non replicating
databases and is
c:\> rman80 target 'sys/password@ottr-prod' rcvcat
'rman/password@ottr-demo'

The response is

Recovery Manager: Release 8.0.4.0.0 - Production
RMAN-06005: connected to target database :PROD
RMAN-06008: connected to recovery catalog database
RMAN-00569:=========error message stack follows========
RMAN-00554:initilization of internal recovery manager package failed
RMAN-07001:Could not open channel default
RMAN-10008:Could not create channel context
RMAN-10024:Errror setting up for rpc polling
RMAN-10006:Error running sql statement: select distinct my.sid, sex
serial from
v$mystat my.x$ksuser sex where sex.sid = my.sid
RMAN-10002:ORACLE error:ORA-01455:converting column overflows interger
datatype

and then bails out to the C:\> prompt

I get a straight connection is connecting to other non replicating
databases.  Is this a known problem with replication.

Does anyone have a backup methodology for a live replicating database in
archivelog mode.

All suggestion gratefully accepted

Gregory Hudson