forgot to copy list ________________________________ From: Powell, Mark Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:56 AM To: 'averma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Controlfile Section 28 - denied expansion of controlfile I think you need to run an rman delete obsolete operation The following support notes might be of interest WHAT DO CONTROLFILE SECTION NUMBERS MEAN? #1131163.1 https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash.html#tab=KBHome(page=KBHome&id=()),(page=KBNavigator&id=(bmDocTitle=WHAT%20DO%20CONTROLFILE%20SECTION%20NUMBERS%20MEAN?&viewingMode=1143&bmDocDsrc=KB&bmDocType=HOWTO&bmDocID=1131163.1&from=BOOKMARK)) Delete noprompt force obsolete does not remove ALL Obsolete entries in catalog #982996.1 https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash.html#tab=KBHome(page=KBHome&id=()),(page=KBNavigator&id=(bmDocTitle=Delete%20noprompt%20force%20obsolete%20does%20not%20remove%20ALL%20Obsolete%20entries%20in%20catalog&viewingMode=1143&bmDocDsrc=KB&bmDocType=PROBLEM&bmDocID=982996.1&from=BOOKMARK)) ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amit Verma (IT - Otterbase) Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 4:38 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Controlfile Section 28 - denied expansion of controlfile Hey Guys, Need some help here. Getting this error in the alert log... kccrsz: denied expansion of controlfile section 28 by 53619 record(s) the number of records is already at maximum value (65535) I searched online and metalink... the only info I could find was the section 28 is RMAN STATUS. Is there a way to clear out/limit the number of records for RMAN STATUS in the controlfile? What exactly does it store in these records? I can't set the control_file_record_keep_time (currently set to 45) to 0 since I have my RMAN retention set to 45 days. Oracle 10.1.0.5 on AIX 4.3 RMAN level 0 backups and Arc backups scripted and scheduled. Amit Verma | 734.477.4850 (Work) | 734.223.2728 (Cell) averma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:averma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>