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Duplicate database: problem with the syntax [message #434838]

Fri, 11 December 2009 03:34

abdulaziz
Messages: 102
Registered: May 2008
Location: Douala

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hello,

I am practicing duplicating database. I chose the scenario where we duplicate the database to a new host with a different directory structure.In addition, I would like to rename my datafiles with the SET NEWNAME command. I tried to apply the instructions in the chap 13 of "oracle database backup and recovery advanced user's guide. Both the target and the new host run RHEL4. I have a backup of the target database and I do use a recovery catalog.I prepared a client-side parameter file that I used to start the auxiliary database and keep it in NOMOUNT state.Through RMAN, I connected the target, the recovery catalog, and the auxiliary database. then I issued the following commands in a run block:

RMAN> run
2> {
3> allocate auxiliary channel aux1 device type disk;
4> allocate auxiliary channel aux2 device type disk;
5> set newname for datafile 1 to '/dup/datafiles/system01.dbf';
6> set newname for datafile 2 to '/dup/datafiles/undotbs01.dbf';
7> set newname for datafile 3 to '/dup/datafiles/sysaux01.dbf';
8> set newname for datafile 4 to '/dup/datafiles/users01.dbf';
9> set newname for datafile 5 to'/dup/datafiles/example01.dbf';
10> set newname for datafile 6 to '/dup/datafiles/recov.dbf';
11> set newname for datafile 7 to '/dup/datafiles/m4prod.dbf';
12> duplicate target database to dup
13> logfile
14> group1

but as you can see, RMAN errored out at line 14. Below is the message:

RMAN-00571:================================================
RMAN-00569:====== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============
RMAN-00571: ===============================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "identifier": expecting one of: "double-quoted-string, group, single-quoted-string"
RMAN-01008: the bad identifier was: group1
RMAN-01007: at line 14 column 1 file: standard input
RMAN>

Then I decided to put a space between group and 1 so to have something like "group 1".

13> logfile
14> group 1
15> (
16> '/dup/datafiles/redo01a.log',
17> '/dup/datafiles/redo01b.log';

but then RMAN threw the following

RMAN-00571: ===================================================
RMAN-00569: ======= ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===================================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
RMAN-01009: syntax error: found ";": expecting one f: "comma, )"
RMAN-01007: at line 17 column 28 file: standard input

Again at line 17, instead of the semi-colon, I put a bracket and it yielded the following:

15> (
16> '/dup/logfiles/redo01a.log',
17> '/dup/logfiles/redo01b.log)
18> size 50M,
19> group 2
20> (
21> '/dup/logfiles/redo02a.log',

RMAN-00571: ==================================================
RMAN-00569: ====== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ==================================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
RMAN-01006: error signalled during parse
RMAN-02001: unrecognized punctuation symbol "/"

Can anyone help me with my syntax? Any other tips?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Duplicate database: problem with the syntax [message #434846 is a reply to message #434838]

Fri, 11 December 2009 03:57

Michel Cadot
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What do you we have to do with all your tries and syntax errors? But instead it would be useful to post the WHOLE script and the WHOLE error messages ONLY for the last one.

Regards
Michel

[Updated on: Fri, 11 December 2009 06:22]

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Re: Duplicate database: problem with the syntax [message #434855 is a reply to message #434846]

Fri, 11 December 2009 04:45

abdulaziz
Messages: 102
Registered: May 2008
Location: Douala

Senior Member

Here's the script and the error generated.

RMAN> run
2> {
3> allocate auxiliary channel aux1 device type disk;
4> allocate auxiliary channel aux2 device type disk;
5> set newname for datafile 1 to '/dup/datafiles/system01.dbf';
6> set newname for datafile 2 to '/dup/datafiles/undotbs01.dbf';
7> set newname for datafile 3 to '/dup/datafiles/sysaux01.dbf';
8> set newname for datafile 4 to '/dup/datafiles/users01.dbf';
9> set newname for datafile 5 to'/dup/datafiles/example01.dbf';
10> set newname for datafile 6 to '/dup/datafiles/recov.dbf';
11> set newname for datafile 7 to '/dup/datafiles/m4prod.dbf';
12> duplicate target database to dup
13> logfile
14> group 1
15> (
16> '/dup/logfiles/redo01a.log',
17> '/dup/logfiles/redo01b.log)
18> size 50M,
19> group 2
20> (
21> '/dup/logfiles/redo02a.log',

RMAN-00571:=====================================================
RMAN-00569:========= ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571:=====================================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
RMAN-01006: error signalled during parse
RMAN-02001: unrecognized punctuation symbol "/"

Thanks in advance.

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