The information matches what was reported while the backup was in progress. Here is the beginning of the log for The "read write" backup.
channel c1: starting full datafile backupset channel c1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset including current controlfile in backupset input datafile fno=00122 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pepii_active_data03.dbf input datafile fno=00120 name=/u6/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pepii_active_data01.dbf input datafile fno=00121 name=/u7/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pepii_active_data02.dbf input datafile fno=00001 name=/u3/oradata/NLCO/system01.dbf input datafile fno=00044 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_dev_data03.dbf input datafile fno=00160 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pack_active_data02.dbf input datafile fno=00006 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_nlc_data01.dbf input datafile fno=00016 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pack_data03.dbf input datafile fno=00146 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_nlc_2003_06_data03.dbf input datafile fno=00203 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_nlc_2003_05_data03.dbf input datafile fno=00207 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PACK_2003_05_data01.dbf input datafile fno=00228 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PACK_2003_06_data01.dbf input datafile fno=00090 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_nlc_active_data01.dbf input datafile fno=00033 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_nlc_index03.dbf input datafile fno=00163 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pack_index02.dbf input datafile fno=00214 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_05_data02.dbf input datafile fno=00217 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_05_data05.dbf input datafile fno=00220 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_05_data08.dbf input datafile fno=00235 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_06_data02.dbf input datafile fno=00238 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_06_data05.dbf input datafile fno=00241 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_06_data08.dbf input datafile fno=00204 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_nlc_2003_05_index01.dbf input datafile fno=00211 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PACK_2003_05_index02.dbf input datafile fno=00224 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_05_index03.dbf input datafile fno=00225 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_nlc_2003_06_index01.dbf input datafile fno=00232 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PACK_2003_06_index02.dbf input datafile fno=00245 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_PEPII_2003_06_index03.dbf input datafile fno=00002 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/nlco_rollback01.dbf input datafile fno=00005 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/nlco_rollback04.dbf input datafile fno=00018 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pepii_data02.dbf input datafile fno=00035 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pepii_index02.dbf input datafile fno=00200 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pepii_active_data06.dbf input datafile fno=00095 name=/u9/oradata/NLCO/arch_version_data.dbf channel c1: starting piece 1 at 11-JUN-2003:10:21:12 channel c2: starting full datafile backupset channel c2: specifying datafile(s) in backupset input datafile fno=00043 name=/u6/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_dev_data02.dbf input datafile fno=00029 name=/u7/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_dev_data01.dbf channel c2: starting piece 1 at 11-JUN-2003:10:21:12 channel c2: finished piece 1 at 11-JUN-2003:10:29:27 piece handle=df_496405272_30_1 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 2.2.1.0 channel c2: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:08:15 channel c2: starting full datafile backupset channel c2: specifying datafile(s) in backupset input datafile fno=00161 name=/u6/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pack_active_data03.dbf input datafile fno=00159 name=/u7/oradata/NLCO/chanarch_pack_active_data01.dbf channel c2: starting piece 1 at 11-JUN-2003:10:29:28 channel c1: finished piece 1 at 11-JUN-2003:10:29:53 piece handle=df_496405271_29_1 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 2.2.1.0 channel c1: starting piece 2 at 11-JUN-2003:10:29:53 channel c2: finished piece 1 at 11-JUN-2003:10:37:58 piece handle=df_496405768_31_1 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 2.2.1.0 channel c2: starting piece 2 at 11-JUN-2003:10:37:58 channel c1: finished piece 2 at 11-JUN-2003:10:39:53 piece handle=df_496405271_29_2 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 2.2.1.0 channel c1: starting piece 3 at 11-JUN-2003:10:39:53 channel c2: finished piece 2 at 11-JUN-2003:10:46:08 piece handle=df_496405768_31_2 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 2.2.1.0 channel c2: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:16:40 You can see that channel 1 grabbed 33 files for the backup set while channel 2 has made 2 backup sets of two Channels each As far as how I got the information from the catalog. I just joined rc_backup_set with rc_backup_datafile using db_key and bs_key as the join columns. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How did you join to get BS_KEY and FILE# together? I don't believe the BS_KEY from a "backup database" relate directly to a FILE# from the rc_views. ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:25 AM > I'm a bit confused by the default for filesperset. I ran the > following yesterday .... > > run > { > allocate channel c1 device type sbt format 'df_%t_%s_%p' maxpiecesize=2048M > PARMS="SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/oracle/dbserver/9.0.1/lib/libobk.so, > ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo.opt)"; > backup database; > backup current controlfile; > release channel c1; > } > > There were 245 datafiles in the database. RMAN made the following > backup sets > > BS_KEY COUNT(B.FILE#) > ---------- -------------- > 9623 63 > 9727 64 > 9810 64 > 9892 35 > 9893 4 > 9894 4 > 9895 6 > 9896 5 > -------------- > sum 245 > > > As I understand it the default for filesperset is the lesser of 64 or > the number of input files / the number of channels. > As there was only one channel I would have expected 3 backup sets of > 64 files and one of 53 channels. > > Today I ran against the same target database > > run > { > allocate channel c1 device type sbt format 'df_%t_%s_%p' maxpiecesize=2048M > PARMS="SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/oracle/dbserver/9.0.1/lib/libobk.so, > ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo.opt)"; > allocate channel c2 device type sbt format 'df_%t_%s_%p' maxpiecesize=2048M > PARMS="SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/oracle/dbserver/9.0.1/lib/libobk.so, > ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo.opt)"; > backup database skip readonly; > backup current controlfile; > release channel c1; > release channel c2; > } > > There are 92 read write datafiles. I would have expected the job to > be divided into two backup sets with 46 files each. > > Instead I got > > BS_KEY COUNT(B.FILE#) > ---------- -------------- > 10704 2 > 10705 2 > 10721 2 > 10722 2 > 10723 2 > 10724 2 > 10725 2 > 10726 2 > 10727 2 > 10728 2 > 10765 33 > 10766 4 > 10767 2 > 10768 1 > 10769 1 > 10770 1 > 10771 1 > 10772 1 > 10773 1 > 10774 1 > 10775 1 > 10776 1 > 10777 1 > 10778 1 > 10779 1 > 10780 2 > 10781 1 > 10782 18 > -------------- > sum 92 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- ----------------------------------------------- > > Any guesses as to why so many backup sets are being created. > > Ian MacGregor > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: MacGregor, Ian A. > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). 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