A Group of Archive Logs Will Not Backup

I restored a database to a different server, and while that was happening I copied some logarchives out of the production logarchive directory. After the restore completed, but before I put those logarchives back into that directory, I ran CHANGE ARCHIVELOG ALL CROSSCHECK on the production server to sync the catalog with the database. That was a mistake to do that yet. I then put the logarchives back into the production logarchive directory and tried to run a logarchive backup. I should have put these files back before running crosscheck. Now I receive this error:
RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: RMAN-20242: specification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog
How can I backup these production logarchives that I copied back into the logarchive directory?
Thank you.

Database version? To know that makes it easier to advice, because since RMAN was introduced in 8.0 there were some changes.
In 10g and higher use 'catalog archivelog...'.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14194/rcmsynta011.htm#sthref230
Werner

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Hi Everyone,
Here's my issue. Somehow i have a few archivelogs that are corruptued, plus a backup of the database that is corrupted. Since then, I have made a new backup of the database and everything is running smoothly. WHen i try to delete the files from DISK (which i cannot delete), i get this error: CANNOT DELETE <file_name>: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. I try to search for the corrupted files in rman, but i get this message "specification does not match any archived log in the recovery catalog". It seems that rman doesn't recognize that the files exist.
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Corrupt block seq: 10511 blocknum=1.
Bad header found during deleting archived log
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beg:0 cks:0
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Reread of seq=10511, blocknum=1, file=APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PPROD\ARCHIVELOG\2010_11_04\O1_MF_1_10511_6F5SOFC7_.ARC, found same corrupt data
Reread of seq=10511, blocknum=1, file=APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PPROD\ARCHIVELOG\2010_11_04\O1_MF_1_10511_6F5SOFC7_.ARC, found same corrupt data
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Reread of seq=10511, blocknum=1, file=APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PPROD\ARCHIVELOG\2010_11_04\O1_MF_1_10511_6F5SOFC7_.ARC, found same corrupt data
I would really appreciate some help to delete these files from the OS. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.

RMAN> Change Archivelog All Validate;
released channel: ORA_DISK_1
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=363 device type=DISK
validation succeeded for archived log
archived log file name=APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PROD\ARCHIVELOG\2010_11_04\O1_MF_1_10514_6F6SJ9D6_.ARC RECID=11389 STAMP=734220234
validation succeeded for archived log
archived log file name=APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PROD\ARCHIVELOG\2010_11_07\O1_MF_1_10546_6FDRCHQX_.ARC RECID=11421 STAMP=734412064
validation succeeded for archived log
archived log file name=\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREAPPROD\ARCHIVELOG\2010_11_07\O1_MF_1_10556_6FGTGZNJ_.ARC RECID=11431 STAMP=734479760
validation succeeded for archived log
archived log file name=APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PROD\ARCHIVELOG\2010_11_07\O1_MF_1_10557_6FGX6CG5_.ARC RECID=11432 STAMP=734482556
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Hi,
I just need some clarification on how backups and archive logs work. Lets say starting at 1PM I have archive logs 1,2,3,4,5 and then I perform a full backup at 6PM.
Then I resume generating archive logs at 6PM to get logs 6,7,8,9,10. I then stop at 11PM.
If my understanding is correct, the archive logs should allow me to restore oracle to a point in time anywhere between 1PM and 11PM. But if I only have the full backup then I can only restore to a single point, which is 6PM. Is my understanding correct?
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thelok wrote:
Thanks for the great explanation! So I can do a point in time restore from any time since the datafiles have last been written (or from when I have the last set of backed up datafiles plus the archive logs). From what you are saying, I can force the datafiles to be written from the redo logs (by doing a checkpoint with "alter set archive log current" or "backup database plus archivelog"), and then I can delete all the archive logs that have a SCN less than the checkpoint SCN on the datafiles. Is this true? This would be for the purposes of preserving disk space.Hi,
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# My current date is 06-11-2011 17:15
# I not have backup of this database
# My retention policy is to have 1 backup
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using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
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Key     Thrd Seq     S Low Time            Name
29      1    8       A 29-10-2011 12:01:58 +HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_10_31/thread_1_seq_8.399.766018837
30      1    9       A 31-10-2011 23:00:30 +HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_03/thread_1_seq_9.409.766278025
31      1    10      A 03-11-2011 23:00:23 +HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_04/thread_1_seq_10.391.766366105
32      1    11      A 04-11-2011 23:28:23 +HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_06/thread_1_seq_11.411.766516065
33      1    12      A 05-11-2011 23:28:49 +HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_06/thread_1_seq_12.413.766516349
## See I have archive logs from time "29-10-2011 12:01:58" until "05-11-2011 23:28:49" but I dont have any backup of database.
# So I perfom backup of database including archive logs.
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Starting backup at 06-11-2011 17:15:21
## Note above RMAN forcing archive current log, this archivelog generated will be usable only for previous backup.
## Is not my case... I don't have backup of database.
current log archived
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=159 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting archive log backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archive log(s) in backup set
input archive log thread=1 sequence=8 recid=29 stamp=766018840
input archive log thread=1 sequence=9 recid=30 stamp=766278027
input archive log thread=1 sequence=10 recid=31 stamp=766366111
input archive log thread=1 sequence=11 recid=32 stamp=766516067
input archive log thread=1 sequence=12 recid=33 stamp=766516350
input archive log thread=1 sequence=13 recid=34 stamp=766516521
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 06-11-2011 17:15:23
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 06-11-2011 17:15:38
piece handle=+FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/annnf0_tag20111106t171521_0.268.766516525 tag=TAG20111106T171521 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:16
channel ORA_DISK_1: deleting archive log(s)
archive log filename=+HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_10_31/thread_1_seq_8.399.766018837 recid=29 stamp=766018840
archive log filename=+HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_03/thread_1_seq_9.409.766278025 recid=30 stamp=766278027
archive log filename=+HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_04/thread_1_seq_10.391.766366105 recid=31 stamp=766366111
archive log filename=+HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_06/thread_1_seq_11.411.766516065 recid=32 stamp=766516067
archive log filename=+HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_06/thread_1_seq_12.413.766516349 recid=33 stamp=766516350
archive log filename=+HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_06/thread_1_seq_13.414.766516521 recid=34 stamp=766516521
Finished backup at 06-11-2011 17:15:38
## RMAN finish backup of Archivelog and Start Backup of Database
## My backup start at "06-11-2011 17:15:38"
Starting backup at 06-11-2011 17:15:38
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00001 name=+HR/dbhr/datafile/system.386.765556627
input datafile fno=00003 name=+HR/dbhr/datafile/sysaux.396.765556627
input datafile fno=00002 name=+HR/dbhr/datafile/undotbs1.393.765556627
input datafile fno=00004 name=+HR/dbhr/datafile/users.397.765557979
input datafile fno=00005 name=+BFILES/dbhr/datafile/bfiles.257.765542997
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 06-11-2011 17:15:39
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 06-11-2011 17:16:03
piece handle=+FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/nnndf0_tag20111106t171539_0.269.766516539 tag=TAG20111106T171539 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:24
Finished backup at 06-11-2011 17:16:03
## And finish at "06-11-2011 17:16:03", so I can recovery my database from this time.
## I will need archivelogs (transactions) which was generated during backup of database.
## Note during backup some blocks are copied others not. The SCN is inconsistent state.
## To make it consistent I need apply archivelog which have all transactions recorded.
## Starting another backup of archived log generated during backup.
Starting backup at 06-11-2011 17:16:04
## So automatically RMAN force another "checkpoint" after backup finished,
## forcing archive current log, because this archivelog have all transactions to bring database in a consistent state.
current log archived
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting archive log backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying archive log(s) in backup set
input archive log thread=1 sequence=14 recid=35 stamp=766516564
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 06-11-2011 17:16:05
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 06-11-2011 17:16:06
piece handle=+FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/annnf0_tag20111106t171604_0.272.766516565 tag=TAG20111106T171604 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:02
channel ORA_DISK_1: deleting archive log(s)
archive log filename=+HR/dbhr/archivelog/2011_11_06/thread_1_seq_14.414.766516565 recid=35 stamp=766516564
Finished backup at 06-11-2011 17:16:06
## Note: I can recover my database from time "06-11-2011 17:16:03" (finished backup full)
## until "06-11-2011 17:16:04" (last archivelog generated) that is my recover window in this scenary.
## Listing Backup I have:
## Archive Logs in backupset before backup full start - *BP Key: 40*
## Backup Full database in backupset - *BP Key: 41*
## Archive Logs in backupset after backup full stop - *BP Key: 42*
RMAN> list backup;
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Size       Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
40      196.73M    DISK        00:00:15     06-11-2011 17:15:37
        *BP Key: 40*   Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111106T171521
        Piece Name: +FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/annnf0_tag20111106t171521_0.268.766516525
List of Archived Logs in backup set 40
Thrd Seq     Low SCN    Low Time            Next SCN   Next Time
1    8       766216     29-10-2011 12:01:58 855033     31-10-2011 23:00:30
1    9       855033     31-10-2011 23:00:30 896458     03-11-2011 23:00:23
1    10      896458     03-11-2011 23:00:23 937172     04-11-2011 23:28:23
1    11      937172     04-11-2011 23:28:23 976938     05-11-2011 23:28:49
1    12      976938     05-11-2011 23:28:49 1023057    06-11-2011 17:12:28
1    13      1023057    06-11-2011 17:12:28 1023411    06-11-2011 17:15:21
BS Key Type LV Size       Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
41      Full    565.66M    DISK        00:00:18     06-11-2011 17:15:57
        *BP Key: 41*   Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111106T171539
        Piece Name: +FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/nnndf0_tag20111106t171539_0.269.766516539
List of Datafiles in backup set 41
File LV Type Ckp SCN    Ckp Time            Name
1       Full 1023422    06-11-2011 17:15:39 +HR/dbhr/datafile/system.386.765556627
2       Full 1023422    06-11-2011 17:15:39 +HR/dbhr/datafile/undotbs1.393.765556627
3       Full 1023422    06-11-2011 17:15:39 +HR/dbhr/datafile/sysaux.396.765556627
4       Full 1023422    06-11-2011 17:15:39 +HR/dbhr/datafile/users.397.765557979
5       Full 1023422    06-11-2011 17:15:39 +BFILES/dbhr/datafile/bfiles.257.765542997
BS Key Size       Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
42      3.00K      DISK        00:00:02     06-11-2011 17:16:06
        *BP Key: 42*   Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111106T171604
        Piece Name: +FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/annnf0_tag20111106t171604_0.272.766516565
List of Archived Logs in backup set 42
Thrd Seq     Low SCN    Low Time            Next SCN   Next Time
1    14      1023411    06-11-2011 17:15:21 1023433    06-11-2011 17:16:04
## Here make sense what I trying explain
## As I don't have backup of database before of my Last backup, all archivelogs generated before of my backup full is useless.
## Deleting what are obsolete in my env, RMAN choose backupset 40 (i.e all archived logs generated before my backup full)
RMAN> delete obsolete;
RMAN retention policy will be applied to the command
RMAN retention policy is set to redundancy 1
using channel ORA_DISK_1
Deleting the following obsolete backups and copies:
Type                 Key    Completion Time    Filename/Handle
*Backup Set           40*     06-11-2011 17:15:37
Backup Piece       40     06-11-2011 17:15:37 +FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/annnf0_tag20111106t171521_0.268.766516525
Do you really want to delete the above objects (enter YES or NO)? yes
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=+FRA/dbhr/backupset/2011_11_06/annnf0_tag20111106t171521_0.268.766516525 recid=40 stamp=766516523
Deleted 1 objectsIn the above example, I could before starting the backup run "delete archivelog all" because they would not be needed, but to show the example I follow this unnecessary way. (backup archivelog and delete after)
Regards,
Levi Pereira
Edited by: Levi Pereira on Nov 7, 2011 1:02 AM

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I lost all my backups today. I have MacPro with data totalling about 900GB plus a laptop with 170GB on it backing up to a 1.5TB drive. There was about 2 months of backups so I had about 200 GB free on the TM drive. There is no issue with the laptop backup. All references from now are to the MacPro. I was using iMovie yesterday and converted a largish movie for speed adjustment. I noticed my available space on TM had dropped to about 100GB but didn't worry about it as I suspected there were some temp files or something from iMovie that were responsible and I would track them down later. Today I tried to convert a similar size movie and left it running while I was gone. When I came back TM said backup failed and TM widget said this......
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb
Starting pre-backup thinning: 122.99 GB requested (including padding), 31.32 GB available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-09-08-142131: 32.72 GB now available
Removed all 1 expired backups, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-07-27-134059: 49.30 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-03-000551: 51.51 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-10-001020: 52.25 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-11-001022: 55.25 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-12-003725: 55.86 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-13-003730: 55.89 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-14-003817: 63.68 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-15-003735: 63.72 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-16-003739: 64.34 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-17-003743: 65.81 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-18-005504: 65.86 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-19-005508: 66.45 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-20-005628: 69.19 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-21-005514: 69.43 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-22-002552: 69.46 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-23-002555: 71.08 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-24-001415: 71.61 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-25-001418: 74.50 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-26-002111: 88.49 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Pony’s Mac Pro/2009-08-27-000651: 89.29 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Mach
I tried "Backup Now" and it failed. TM widget said this.........
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb
Starting pre-backup thinning: 197.53 GB requested (including padding), 59.88 GB available
No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
Error: backup disk is full - all 0 possible backups were removed, but space is still needed.
Backup Failed: unable to free 197.53 GB needed space
Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
Now I only have the current backup and 1 earlier. I deleted from iMovie the offending movies and moved them to another unbacked up disc. I also removed all backups relating to the movies in TM.
TM now says I only have 76GB available and will not backup.
Get info on the TM disc says 76GB available. Get info on the Backups.backupdb folder says its size is 2.21TB!!!!!
Any suggestions? I guess I've lost all my older backups but is the current backup salvageable (and trustworthy) or should I move the laptop backup to another drive and start the TM disc from scratch for the MacPro? Can I then just move the laptop sparse image back to the TM disc and the laptop will pick up where it left off?
I will wear starting the MacPro backup from scratch if necessary but don't want to screw the laptop backup as it's my wife's and she's overseas.
Sorry for the long post but wanted to try to be clear.
I just tried to repair the disc in disc utility as suggested to someone in another post but it said error - could not unmount disc.
Message was edited by: Magicpony

I lost all my backups today.
Doesn't sound like it... sounds like you simply can't back up any further. You can still enter Time Machine to restore files, right?
I have MacPro with data totalling about 900GB plus a laptop with 170GB on it backing up to a 1.5TB drive.
Well, there's your problem. Time Machine needs +at a minimum+ 2-3 times more space than what is being backed up. You say you have 1070 GB (about 1.04 TB) being backed up, but you've only given Time Machine 1.5 TB to work with. You need a backup drive that is at least 2-3 TB in size!
Also, if this is your only backup, you're making a huge mistake. You should always have a minimum of 2 backups. See my [Mac Backup Guide|http://www.reedcorner.net/thomas/guides/backups> for more information on backing up. You may also want to look at some of the user contributed tips at the top of the [Leopard Time Machine forum|http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1227]. Those will all apply to Snow Leopard as well.
One other question: you say you're backing up two machines onto one drive. How are you doing this? Time Machine tends not to play well with others... meaning that, since it tries to use every bit of space on the backup drive, trying to use that drive for something else (including a second machine's backup) tends to result in problems. The exception is, I believe, if you have hooked it up to an AirPort base station and are using it like a Time Capsule, in which case Time Machine will expect to share the space with other backups.
I just tried to repair the disc in disc utility as suggested to someone in another post but it said error - could not unmount disc.
Was there a backup going on at the time? Was it connected to the computer you were running Disk Utility on, or to a different computer or a base station? You can't repair a drive that is in use or being accessed remotely. If all else fails, connect it to one of your machines and boot that machine from the Mac OS X install disk, then run Disk Utility from there.

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Select Disc (which I have already done)
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Oldest backup: none
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Mickmannock wrote:
I followed the proceedure described to delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist. However I note that there are very many versions of this file in other locations.
There shouldn't be. Delete any others.
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The Photo Stream cache on your iPhone has not been cleared.
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Then reset the iPhone.
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