Ok, entering this thread a bit late. A few questions: You are doing this backup from OEM I suppose? At what point are you getting this error? Can you send the entire log that includes this error? --- hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > A friend of mine is using oracle suggested backup > and > he is running into > > RMAN-05019: WARNING: no channel of required type > allocated to recover copy of datafile > > The doc says to use LIST command and then allocate > the > proper type > > SHow device type; > > RMAN configuration parameters are: > CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE > TO BACKUPSET; # default > > > RMAN> show datafile backup copies; > > RMAN configuration parameters are: > CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE > DISK > TO 1; # default > > Any ideas how we can help > > regards > Hrishy > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit > Yahoo! For Good > http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > Robert G. Freeman Author: Now Available for Pre-Sales on Amazon.com!!!! ************************************************** 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 Feature Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com (Oracle Press) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l