Please try to add next lines in opt file TDPO_TRACE_FLAGS ORCLEVEL0 TDPO_TRACE_FILE /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo.trc
to have trace file. It is better to touch trace file before backup and check write permissions for Oracle HOME owner. Grigori G. Solonovitch Senior Technical Architect Information Technology Bank of Kuwait and Middle East http://www.bkme.com Phone: (+965) 2231-2274 Mobile: (+965) 99798073 E-Mail: g.solonovi...@bkme.com Please consider the environment before printing this Email -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Botelho, Tiago (External) Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:06 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM Dp for Oracle - rman command error Hello, I have a problem backing up the Oracle DB (Oracle 10g). I received the following rman error log: Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Sep 16 09:55:35 2009 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved. connected to target database: HLSUTF (DBID=478657477) RMAN> run { 2> allocate channel 'ch1' type 'SBT_TAPE' parms 3> 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo.opt)'; 4> 5> 6> allocate channel 'ch2' type 'SBT_TAPE' parms 7> 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo.opt)'; 8> 9> backup incremental level 0 10> format 'ORACLE_BCK_L0_ENL_%s_%t_%p_%u.dbf' 11> database; 12> 13> sql 'alter system archive log current'; 14> 15> backup 16> format 'ORACLE_ARC_ENL_%s_%t_%p_%u.dbf' 17> archivelog all 18> delete input; 19> 20> backup 21> format 'ORACLE_CFILE_ENL_%s_%t_%p_%u.dbf' 22> current controlfile; 23> 24> release channel ch1; 25> release channel ch2; 26> } 27> using target database control file instead of recovery catalog RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03009: failure of allocate command on ch1 channel at 09/16/2009 09:55:39 ORA-19554: error allocating device, device type: SBT_TAPE, device name: ORA-27000: skgfqsbi: failed to initialize storage subsystem (SBT) layer IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 106: Reserved errno was encountered Additional information: 7011 ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text: SBT error = 7011, errno = 106, sbtopen: system error Additional info: 1. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle Version 5, Release 5, Level 2.0 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1997, 2009. All rights reserved. Data Protection for Oracle Information Version: 5 Release: 5 Level: 2 Sublevel: 0 Platform: 64bit TDP Oracle AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Server Information Server Name: ORACLE_GRID Server Address: 10.81.35.29 Server Type: AIX-RS/6000 Server Port: 1500 Communication Method: TCP/IP Session Information Owner Name: Node Name: ORACLE_GRID_34 Node Type: TDP Oracle AIX DSMI_DIR: /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 DSMI_ORC_CONFIG: /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/dsm.opt TDPO_OPTFILE: /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo.opt Password Directory: /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 Compression: FALSE License Information: License file exists and contains valid license data 2. lrwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 19 15 Set 17:04 libobk.a -> /usr/lib/libobk64.a 3. cat tdpo.opt DSMI_ORC_CONFIG /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/dsm.opt DSMI_LOG /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/oracle_tsm.log TDPO_FS oracle_grid TDPO_NODE ORACLE_GRID_34 TDPO_PSWDPATH /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64 TDPO_DATE_FMT 1 TDPO_NUM_FMT 1 TDPO_TIME_FMT 1 Any help? Thank you Best regards Tiago Please consider the environment before printing this Email. "This email message and any attachments transmitted with it may contain confidential and proprietary information, intended only for the named recipient(s). If you have received this message in error, or if you are not the named recipient(s), please delete this email after notifying the sender immediately. BKME cannot guarantee the integrity of this communication and accepts no liability for any damage caused by this email or its attachments due to viruses, any other defects, interception or unauthorized modification. The information, views, opinions and comments of this message are those of the individual and not necessarily endorsed by BKME."