Re: Dreadful RMAN bug

From: Volker Hetzer <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:34:30 +0100
Message-ID: <c36s8m$kb7$1@nntp.fujitsu-siemens.com>

"Vitalis" <vitalisREMOVETHAT_at_numericable.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:pan.2004.03.16.11.50.27.499256_at_numericable.fr...
> Hi,
>
> On my platform, when I run "report obsolete" (and "delete obsolete")
> with a retention policy set to a recovery window, RMAN treats as obsolete
> *all* controlfile autobackups created at the end of each online database
> backup (including the last one, even if there is no other controlfile
> backup afterward)!
>
> RMAN & Oracle server versions are 9.2.0.1.0. Did anyone encounter the same
> behavior? I run Oracle on an unsupported OS (FreeBSD in Linux
> compatibility mode), but it'd be strange if this was the cause of this
> problem.

This is a bug in 9.2.0.1.0.
I don't remember whether it was fixed in 9.2.0.2 or 9.2.0.3 but it was fixed. I'd suggest you upgrade to 9.2.0.4 anyway.

Lots of Greetings!
Volker Received on Tue Mar 16 2004 - 06:34:30 CST