Re: RMAN cold backups continued

[JOE TESTA]

running it on 9.0.1 on linux no problems, only change to your script was location of where to put the files.   i've not doing the controlfile thing, i've got a repository.   joe   >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/15/01 10:07AM >>> Thanks to everyone who replied yesterday.  It appears I had already been on the right track, as I did attempt backups with the database in noarchivelog mode and mounted but not open. Hot backups, with DB in archivelog mode, worked fine.  However, cold backups, performed in the manner stated above, fail (see below) with errors mentioning "database keyword" and "character set".  This is Oracle 9.0.1 on Solaris.  I'll appreciate any ideas; thanks!  Paul Baumgartel MortgageSight Holdings, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] RMAN> shutdown immediate 2> startup mount 3> run { 4>             allocate channel t1 type disk; 5>             backup incremental level 0 6>                format '/dbbackup/%d/t%t_s%s_p%p' 7>                database 8>                ; 9>             release channel t1; 10> } 11> exit database closed database dismounted Oracle instance shut down connected to target database (not started) Oracle instance started database mounted Total System Global Area     235701300 bytes Fixed Size                      279604 bytes Variable Size                167772160 bytes Database Buffers              67108864 bytes Redo Buffers                    540672 bytes using target database controlfile instead of recovery catalog allocated channel: t1 channel t1: sid=10 devtype=DISK Starting backup at 15-AUG-01 released channel: t1 RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00579: the following error occurred at 08/15/2001 08:57:33 RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command RMAN-03013: command type: backup RMAN-06003: ORACLE error from target database: ORA-06550: line 1, column 166: PLS-00553: character set name is not recognized ORA-06550: line 0, column 0: PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated RMAN-06031: could not translate database keyword Recovery Manager complete. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Paul Baumgartel   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).