Archive log directory full

Hello all,
I had a problem where my archive log dir filled up last night and corrupted a datafile.
I haave tried to do an incomplete recovery until just before the directory filled.
When running this recovery I get errors:
RMAN-03022: compiling command: IRESTORE
RMAN-03026: error recovery releasing channel resources
RMAN-08031: released channel: ch1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command
RMAN-03013: command type: restore
RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command
RMAN-03013: command type: IRESTORE
RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 19 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 6 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 4 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 3 found to restore
I have Identified these datafiles as tmp, and rollback segment datafiles which I have not been backingup, because I didn't see the need to.
can anybody give advice on how to solve this issue.
Thanks,
Lenny

I ended up attempting a restore of the corrupt corrupt, and it worked. The database is up and running properly. Since I have done a full backup before releasing access to the company.
Thanks,
Lenny

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    Levi Pereira
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    hi,
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  • Backup and Recovery from Archive Log

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  • Are there any possible reason RMAN generates some corrupt archive log files

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    Best Regards,
    Amy

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  • Full Backups, Level 0 Backups, and Archived Logs

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  • Recovery using Full BCV backup & archive logs

    Hello DBA's ,
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    Hello everybody ....
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    1
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  • Incomplete Recovery Fails using Full hot backup & Archive logs !!

    Hello DBA's !!
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    oh you made up a new thread so here again:
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  • What if the log directory is full?

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    Hi,
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