Using RMAN to backup a 10.2 Oracle SAP database with TSM for ERP 6.3. It seems when TSM preempts a drive, it kills the corresponding RMAN channel. Sounds reasonable, but apparently RMAN continues with the remaining channel(s) to finish the backup, obviously taking a little longer. But the TSM for ERP program BRBACKUP, doesn't seem able to deal with that and falls over:
First, RMAN: RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on sbt_1 channel at 07/14/2014 22:19:05 ORA-27192: skgfcls: sbtclose2 returned error - failed to close file ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text: BKI9309E: Operation terminated due to an explicit abort request. ORA-19502: write error on file "ECP_beohkssf.27102_1", block number 13010401 (block size=8192) ORA-27030: skgfwrt: sbtwrite2 returned error ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text: BKI5008E: Tivoli Storage Manager Error. channel sbt_1 disabled, job failed on it will be run on another channel channel sbt_2: finished piece 1 at 14-JUL-14 : : Finished backup at 15-JUL-14 released channel: sbt_1 released channel: sbt_2 RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of release command at 07/15/2014 04:04:46 RMAN-06012: channel: sbt_1 not allocated RMAN> List of Backup Sets =================== RMAN proceeds to list all the backupsets and, indeed, they are all there and backed up. But, apparently, because of the RMAN-03002 "error", BRBACKUP concludes there was a failure and ends the backup, reporting failure: Recovery Manager complete. BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-07-15 04.04.55 BR0279E Return code from 'SHELL=/bin/sh /oracle/ECP/112_64/bin/rman nocatalog': 1 BR0522E 112 of 108 files / save sets processed by RMAN BR0536E RMAN call for database instance ECP failed BR0200I BR_TRACE: location BrRmanCall-56, commands for RMAN in: /oracle/ECP/sapbackup/.beohkssf.cmd @/oracle/ECP/sapbackup/..beohkssf..cmd host '/usr/sap/ECP/SYS/exe/run/brtools -f delete /oracle/ECP/sapbackup/..beohkssf..cmd'; run { allocate channel sbt_1 device type 'SBT_TAPE' parms 'ENV=(XINT_PROFILE=/oracle/ECP/112_64/dbs/initECP.utl,PROLE_PORT=57323,BR_CALLER=BRBACKUP,BR_BACKUP=FULL,BR_REQUEST=NEW,BR_RUN=beohkssf.fnr)'; allocate channel sbt_2 device type 'SBT_TAPE' parms 'ENV=(XINT_PROFILE=/oracle/ECP/112_64/dbs/initECP.utl,PROLE_PORT=57323,BR_CALLER=BRBACKUP,BR_BACKUP=FULL,BR_REQUEST=NEW,BR_RUN=beohkssf.fnr)'; backup incremental level 0 tag beohkssf format 'ECP_beohkssf.%s_%p' filesperset 4 database; release channel sbt_1; release channel sbt_2; } list backup of database tag beohkssf; exit; BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-07-15 04.04.55 BR0506E Full database backup (level 0) using RMAN failed BR0056I End of database backup: beohkssf.fnr 2014-07-15 04.04.55 BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-07-15 04.04.57 BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors Doesn't seem right to me. Is there a workaround (I know, I know, have enough tape drives), or is this PMR territory? Steve Stackwick STEPHEN STACKWICK | Senior Consultant | 301.518.6352 (m) | stephen.stackw...@icfi.com<mailto:sstackw...@icfi.com> | icfi.com<http://www.icfi.com/> ICF INTERNATIONAL | 7125 Thomas Edison Dr, Suite 100, Columbia, Md 21046 | 443-573-0524, 443-718-4900 (o)