Have you tried to rename one of the datafiles? If the whole database exist why should rman use the full database. Or, you can use until to a date between the backups. Adar Yechiel Rechovot, Israel Charlotte Hammond wrote:
RMAN> restore validate database; Starting restore at 02-APR-08 using channel ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting validation of datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /oracle/FRA/TESTDB/backupset/2008_03_31/o1_mf_nnnd1_TAG20080331T021633_3z0gvkk3_.bkp channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 piece handle=/oracle/FRA/TESTDB/backupset/2008_03_31/o1_mf_nnnd1_TAG20080331T021633_3z0gvkk3_.bkp tag=TAG20080331T021633 channel ORA_DISK_1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:00:47 Finished restore at 02-APR-08
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