Hi Chris, Stephens, Chris schrieb: > RMAN-12009: command aborted because some backup pieces could not be located > > RMAN-12008: could not locate backup piece > /oraback1/flash_recovery_area/REMGT/backupset/2008_06_02/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20080602T013340_4476rf8l_.bkp > > RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 channel at > 06/02/2008 03:06:29 > > ORA-27192: skgfcls: sbtclose2 returned error - failed to close file > > ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text: > > VxBSAEndTxn: Failed with error: > > The transaction was aborted. > > ORA-19600: input file is backup piece > (/oraback1/flash_recovery_area/REMGT/backupset/2008_06_02/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20080602T013340_4476rf8l_.bkp) > > ORA-19601: output file is backup piece (91jhsnlt_1_2) > > RMAN> validate backupset 87489; > > > > allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 > > channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: sid=109 devtype=SBT_TAPE > > channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: VERITAS NetBackup for Oracle - Release 6.0 > (2006110304) > > allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_2 > > channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_2: sid=136 devtype=SBT_TAPE > > channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_2: VERITAS NetBackup for Oracle - Release 6.0 > (2006110304) > > allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 > > channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=54 devtype=DISK > > channel ORA_DISK_1: starting validation of datafile backupset > > channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece > /oraback1/flash_recovery_area/REMGT/backupset/2008_06_02/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20080602T013340_4477p0db_.bkp > > channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 > > piece > handle=/oraback1/flash_recovery_area/REMGT/backupset/2008_06_02/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20080602T013340_4477p0db_.bkp > tag=TAG20080602T013340 > > channel ORA_DISK_1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03 > > > > RMAN> you have to catalog /oraback1/flash_recovery_area/REMGT/backupset/2008_06_02/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20080602T013340_4476rf8l_.bkp before you can use it. The validation delivered another file /oraback1/flash_recovery_area/REMGT/backupset/2008_06_02/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20080602T013340_4477p0db_.bkp which is different. So it's not SO strange ;) And: You CAN't ignore that. What command causes this output? Regards Martin -- Usn's IT Blog for Linux, Oracle, Asterisk www.usn-it.de -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l