Error in Database backup using RMAN.

Hi
While taking full online backup using RMAN i got the following error.
ORA-19566: exceeded limit of 0 corrupt blocks for file /oracle/DEV/sapdata2/dev640_6/dev640.data6
Please help me how to resolve this issue.

Hi,
Please perform DBverify Job and Also analyze the alert<SID>.log file for your Database to get more information about such logical or physical corruption.  You may require Block level recovery for the complained DB Files. Please refer this useful document " [Early Detection and Correction of Data Block Corruptions Using RMAN |http://www.ioug.org/client_files/members/select_pdf/04q4/RMAN.pdf]" and share the same with your Oracle DBA.
You can execute the following commands to get information about corrupted block(s), if its there.
select * from v$backup_corruption;
select * from v$database_block_corruption;
Regads,
Bhavik G. Shroff

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