Whilst trying to simplify our restore procedures by using automatic channels to configure RMAN for tape, I have run into the following problem. A simple restore and recover operations fails because RMAN is opening a disk channel rather than a tape channel. RMAN> run { 2> #allocate channel ch1 type 'sbt'; 3> restore database; 4> recover database; 5> alter database open; 6> } Starting restore at 20-MAR-07 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=13 devtype=DISK RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 03/20/2007 12:05:59 RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore RMAN-06100: no channel to restore a backup or copy of datafile 10 ... RMAN-06100: no channel to restore a backup or copy of datafile 1 RMAN> RMAN> RMAN> **end-of-file** RMAN> show channel; RMAN configuration parameters are: CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' MAXOPENFILES 8; RMAN> As you can see, SBT_TAPE is set as the automatic channel. The script works as expected if the 'allocate channel' line is uncommented. Backups via the automatic channel work fine. Environment: Oracle 9.2.0.7 No Recovery catalog Veritas NetBackup 5.1 MP5 Windows Server 2003 SP1 Has anyone here run into this? Or know a possible solution? I have searched MetaLink and googled - not much help. Thanks, -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist