RMAN problem: RMAN-20242

2003-10-15 Thread Daiminger, Helmut
Hi there! We are having problems with an Oracle backup. The compiling of the backup command fails with the error message: RMAN-20242: specification does not match any archivelog in the recovery catalog But RMAN is only supposed to backup any archived logs that are there and then insert them in

Re: RMAN problem: RMAN-20242

2003-10-15 Thread Joe Testa
I consider a 20242 error as an acceptable one, here is why: If i ask rman to backup archivelogs that are more than 2days old and there are none, thats not an error. That is when i see it the most, now most companies will force a log switch after a set amount of time during the day so in DR,