I can't help on what might have caused the problem, but I'd take a DB backup right away and then use RMAN "crosscheck" to straighten things out with RMAN/Oracle. W/o a DB backup, archive redo logs after the missing files are worthless.
cheers, wayne Martin, Jonathan (Contractor) wrote, in part, on 3/6/2007 10:01 AM: > I just got made aware of an issue I have yet to research fully but I > thought I would bounce it off the mob. When backing up a development > RMAN / Oracle Database, two archive logs failed with error 6 - the > backup failed to back up the requested files(6). Upon inspection, the > RMAN log listed the two files in the log as to be backed up, but the > files are physically not on the drive. My DBA thinks that Netbackup > removed the archive logs before it backed them up. Translated into > Netbackup, that means RMAN got the "all clear" to complete the backup > job (which normally removes the files) while in reality, Netbackup > failed to back two of them up. This issue appears to coincide with > our 5.1 MP4 --> 6.0 MP4 upgrade. The clients are still running 5.1 > MP4. Any ideas? NBU Knowledge base has a few things on the error 6 > but non look appropriate. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu