RAM Errors when backing to disk

From: Prem K Mehrotra <premmehrotra_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 24 Nov 2004 20:51:24 -0800
Message-ID: <43441e77.0411242051.7b5c3503@posting.google.com>

I am running Oracle9i r2 on HP UNIX 11i.

Whenever, I allocate channel of type DISK, I get error, cannot figure out why. I have looked in Oracle's own scripts and syntax is exactly the same,
so I do not understand the error:

RMAN> run {

2>
3> allocate channel ch1 type 'DISK';
4>
5>
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS

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RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands RMAN-01005: syntax error: found "end-of-file": expecting one of: "allocate, alter, backup, beginline
, blockrecover, catalog, change, copy, crosscheck, configure, duplicate, debug, delete, execute, end
inline, host, mount, open, plsql, recover, release, replicate, report, restore, resync, }, set, setl
imit, sql, switch, startup, shutdown, send, show, validate" RMAN-01007: at line 6 column 1 file: standard input

RMAN> backup

2> incremental level 1
3> cumulative
4> format '/oradbblob/bkup/dbfile_%U%_%t'
5> database;

 using Oracle9.2.0.5 on HP UNIX 11i.

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When I use backup to tape using Netbackup:

RMAN> run {
2>
3> allocate channel ch1 type 'SBT_TAPE';

things work just fine.

Prem Received on Wed Nov 24 2004 - 22:51:24 CST