Re: RMAN without a repository and a total site loss

On 4/17/07, GovindanK <gkatteri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Lot of ideas have been given about this thread. Autobackup is one good
concept. It is preferred you put the dbid as part of the media handle or
wherever you can plug that in.



The default media handle is %F, which includes the DBID.
You must include %F in any custom filespec, or an error will be raised.

RMAN> configure controlfile autobackup format for device type  sbt to
'/tmp/ctl_auto_%d.ctl';

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of configure command at 04/17/2007 22:46:43
RMAN-06492: controlfile autobackup format "/tmp/ctl_auto_%d.ctl" must
specify a "%F" format specifier

RMAN>


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Jared Still
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