You won't hose the backup you need. You can use rman nocatalog if there is a problem with the incarnation.
Ruth ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:58 AM > Hi > > Please can you help/advise with an rman problem we are having. We are > getting the following error when trying to backup a database: > > RMAN-20011: target database incarnation is not current in recovery catalog > > If I look in the rman logs I see that our last valid backup was 16th May. > The rman database shows that the rc_backup_file has an entry for that date- > anything after that is blank. > > Metalink has provided a solution to zero the dbid- what are the implications > of this- it gives no information on that. The additional aspect is that I > need to restore the 16th's backup onto our ref box so if zeroing the dbid > will hose that backup..I'd rather avoid that??!!! : ) > > Any help would be REALLY appreciated!!! > > Rgds > > Fawzia > > > ********************************************************************** > Information in this email is confidential and may be privileged. > It is intended for the addressee only. If you have received it in error, > please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. > You should not otherwise copy it, retransmit it or use or disclose its > contents to anyone. > Thank you for your co-operation. > ********************************************************************** > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ruth Gramolini INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
