Did you connect to the target database first? I know this is a simple thing but sometimes we forget.
Regards, Ruth -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MacGregor, Ian A. Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 5:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RMAN Retention Policy How is this set on 8.1.7 and 8.1.6 databases RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 8 DAYS; RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands RMAN-01005: syntax error: found "identifier": expecting one of: "compatible" RMAN-01008: the bad identifier was: RETENTION RMAN-01007: at line 1 column 11 file: standard input I looked at commands such as crosscheck backup of database completed before 'SYSDATE-7'; delete expired backup of database completed before 'SYSDATE-7'; But crosscheck only expires backups which are in the catalog, but not available on the backup media. Do I have to use the change command and designate each backup piece? Ian MacGregor Stanford Linear Accelerator Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: MacGregor, Ian A. INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ruth Gramolini INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
