Re: Oracle 21c / RMAN

We backup both 19c and 21c in the same 21c catalog. But in case of doubt, you can have several catalogs in the same db.

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

> Am 26.05.2022 um 15:16 schrieb Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_rit.edu>:
>
> 
> I have created an Oracle 21c database to play with. In doing so, I tried to register it with RMAN and that failed:
>
> oracle_at_vmora00a8:ORA21000>rman target / catalog rman_at_rmanprod
>
> Recovery Manager: Release 21.0.0.0.0 - Production on Thu May 26 09:02:53 2022
> Version 21.6.0.0.0
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
>
> connected to target database: ORA21000 (DBID=1486141419)
> recovery catalog database Password:
> connected to recovery catalog database
> PL/SQL package RMAN.DBMS_RCVCAT version 19.15.00.00. in RCVCAT database is too old
>
> RMAN> register database;
>
> PL/SQL package RMAN.DBMS_RCVCAT version 19.15.00.00. in RCVCAT database is too old
> PL/SQL package RMAN.DBMS_RCVCAT version 19.15.00.00. in RCVCAT database is too old
> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
> RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
> RMAN-03002: failure of register command at 05/26/2022 09:03:40
> RMAN-06429: RCVCAT database is not compatible with this version of RMAN
>
> RMAN> exit
>
> Obviously, RMAN wants the catalog upgraded to 21c. Since we back up Oracle 12.1, 12.2, 18, and 19 databases, my question is: Will upgrading the catalog to 21c impact the existing backups?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Scott Canaan ‘88
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