Thanks Robert. The directory doesn't exist. I didn't think it needed to as it would create directories as required. It certainly did that when it restored the control file.
(System B) [oracle@lwdbc21 ~]$ asmcmd ASMCMD> ls DATA/ FRA/ ASMCMD> ls data RAC21D/ ASMCMD> ls data/rac21d CONTROLFILE/ ASMCMD> ls data/rac21d/controlfile current.256.695186369Strangely, rman says it restored the spfile but there is no spfile in ASM. From system A ...
[oracle@msdbc21 ~]$ asmcmd ASMCMD> ls data RAC21D/ ASMCMD> ls data/rac21d CONTROLFILE/ DATAFILE/ ONLINELOG/ PARAMETERFILE/ TEMPFILE/ spfilerac21d.ora Not sure if that is significant. Thanks again, Steve On 19/08/2009, at 3:39 AM, Robert Freeman wrote:
You would get a different error message if it could not find the backup set. If you use ASMCMD, can you cd to the filesystem +DATA/rac21d/ datafile??Robert G. Freeman Oracle ACE Author:Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY SOON! OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide (Sybex)Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) Other various titles out of print now... Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.comThe LDS Church is looking for DBA's. You do have to be a Church member in good standing. A lot of kind people write me, concerned I may be breaking the law by saying you have to be a Church member. It's legal I promise! :-)http://pages.sssnet.com/messndal/church/parachurch.pdf
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