Cold backup error

Hi All,
OS: windows
DB:11g
Why is that when I shutdown my database and take the cold backup of my database and at the time in which the files are getting copied, I try to startup database, Oracle do not allow me to start the database and throws an error pertaining to DBWR.
Regards,
Sphinx

Cold backup—Users cannot modify the database during a cold backup, so the database and
the backup copy are always synchronized.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/epm_backup_recovery_11121.pdf

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    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 39 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 38 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 37 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 36 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 35 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 34 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 33 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 32 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 31 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 30 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 29 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 28 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 27 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 26 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 25 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 24 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 23 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 22 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 21 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 20 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 19 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 18 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 17 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 16 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 15 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 14 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 13 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 12 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 11 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 10 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 9 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 8 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 7 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 6 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 5 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
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 2 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 1 found to restore
    RMAN>
    But I know from the RMAN crosscheck and list backup commands that the savesets are available on disk. For example:
    RMAN> list backup of datafile 1;
    List of Backup Sets
    ===================
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4875 Incr 0 4.37G DISK 00:22:53 21-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4875 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100221T200045
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4929_piece_1_date_20100221_711578185
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4875
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    1 0 Incr 5086110241948 21-FEB-10 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/system01.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4894 Incr 1 1.92G DISK 00:13:46 24-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4894 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100224T200037
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4949_piece_1_date_20100224_711836434
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4894
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    1 1 Incr 5086113791743 24-FEB-10 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/system01.dbf
    RMAN> list backup of datafile 44; (the first one in the list above)
    List of Backup Sets
    ===================
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4872 Incr 0 7.15G DISK 00:35:17 21-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4872 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100221T200045
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4927_piece_1_date_20100221_711576046
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4872
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    44 0 Incr 5086110241948 21-FEB-10 /u04/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/NETINSIGHT_INDEXES_03.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4893 Incr 1 4.06G DISK 00:26:52 24-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4893 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100224T200037
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4947_piece_1_date_20100224_711835238
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4893
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    44 1 Incr 5086113791743 24-FEB-10 /u04/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/NETINSIGHT_INDEXES_03.dbf
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    allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
    channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=74 devtype=DISK
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4927_piece_1_date_20100221_711576046 recid=4872 stamp=711576046
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4928_piece_1_date_20100221_711576046 recid=4873 stamp=711576046
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4930_piece_1_date_20100221_711578189 recid=4874 stamp=711578189
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4929_piece_1_date_20100221_711578185 recid=4875 stamp=711578186
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4932_piece_1_date_20100221_711579570 recid=4876 stamp=711579570
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4931_piece_1_date_20100221_711579392 recid=4877 stamp=711579393
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4934_piece_1_date_20100221_711580369 recid=4878 stamp=711580370
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4935_piece_1_date_20100221_711580535 recid=4879 stamp=711580535
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4933_piece_1_date_20100221_711580122 recid=4880 stamp=711580123
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4948_piece_1_date_20100224_711835237 recid=4892 stamp=711835238
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4947_piece_1_date_20100224_711835238 recid=4893 stamp=711835238
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4949_piece_1_date_20100224_711836434 recid=4894 stamp=711836436
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4950_piece_1_date_20100224_711836866 recid=4895 stamp=711836866
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4951_piece_1_date_20100224_711837267 recid=4896 stamp=711837268
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
    backup piece handle=/u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4952_piece_1_date_20100224_711837971 recid=4897 stamp=711837972
    crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
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    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
    RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
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    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 43 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 42 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 40 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 39 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 38 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 37 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 36 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 35 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 34 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 33 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 32 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 31 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 30 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 29 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 28 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 27 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 26 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 25 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 24 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 23 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 22 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 21 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 20 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 19 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 18 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 17 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 16 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 15 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 14 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 13 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 12 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 11 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 10 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 9 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 8 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 7 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 6 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 5 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
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 2 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 1 found to restore

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    Starting restore at 25-FEB-10
    using channel ORA_DISK_1
    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
    RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
    RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 02/25/2010 16:17:39
    RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting 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
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 1 found to restore
    RMAN> list backup of datafile 4;
    List of Backup Sets
    ===================
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4880 Incr 0 1.36G DISK 00:08:57 21-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4880 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100221T200045
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4933_piece_1_date_20100221_711580122
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4880
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    4 0 Incr 5086110241948 21-FEB-10 /u02/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/users01.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4890 Incr 1 934.82M DISK 00:09:42 22-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4890 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100222T200047
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4943_piece_1_date_20100222_711664989
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4890
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    4 1 Incr 5086111401249 22-FEB-10 /u02/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/users01.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4898 Incr 1 947.57M DISK 00:08:49 24-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4898 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100224T200037
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4953_piece_1_date_20100224_711837989
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4898
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    4 1 Incr 5086113791743 24-FEB-10 /u02/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/users01.dbf
    RMAN>
    RMAN> list backup of datafile 3;
    List of Backup Sets
    ===================
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4874 Incr 0 2.65G DISK 00:19:50 21-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4874 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100221T200045
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4930_piece_1_date_20100221_711578189
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4874
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    3 0 Incr 5086110241948 21-FEB-10 /u02/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/sysaux01.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4885 Incr 1 1.95G DISK 00:15:54 22-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4885 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100222T200047
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4940_piece_1_date_20100222_711663910
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4885
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    3 1 Incr 5086111401249 22-FEB-10 /u02/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/sysaux01.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4895 Incr 1 1.97G DISK 00:18:13 24-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4895 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100224T200037
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4950_piece_1_date_20100224_711836866
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4895
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    3 1 Incr 5086113791743 24-FEB-10 /u02/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/sysaux01.dbf
    RMAN>
    RMAN>
    RMAN> list backup of datafile 1;
    List of Backup Sets
    ===================
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4875 Incr 0 4.37G DISK 00:22:53 21-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4875 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100221T200045
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4929_piece_1_date_20100221_711578185
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4875
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    1 0 Incr 5086110241948 21-FEB-10 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/system01.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4884 Incr 1 1.93G DISK 00:12:34 22-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4884 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100222T200047
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4939_piece_1_date_20100222_711663601
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4884
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    1 1 Incr 5086111401249 22-FEB-10 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/system01.dbf
    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
    4894 Incr 1 1.92G DISK 00:13:46 24-FEB-10
    BP Key: 4894 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100224T200037
    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level1_set_4949_piece_1_date_20100224_711836434
    List of Datafiles in backup set 4894
    File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
    1 1 Incr 5086113791743 24-FEB-10 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/ORADB1/system01.dbf
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    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 7980834816 2010-02-25 11:24 ORADB1_level0_set_4928_piece_1_date_20100221_711576046
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 4691853312 2010-02-25 11:29 ORADB1_level0_set_4929_piece_1_date_20100221_711578185
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 2847391744 2010-02-25 11:34 ORADB1_level0_set_4930_piece_1_date_20100221_711578189
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 3530924032 2010-02-25 11:39 ORADB1_level0_set_4931_piece_1_date_20100221_711579392
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 1566449664 2010-02-25 11:41 ORADB1_level0_set_4932_piece_1_date_20100221_711579570
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 1459781632 2010-02-25 11:43 ORADB1_level0_set_4933_piece_1_date_20100221_711580122
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    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 283344896 2010-02-25 12:09 ORADB1_level1_set_4954_piece_1_date_20100224_711838520
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    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 2067202048 2010-02-25 16:07 ORADB1_level1_set_4939_piece_1_date_20100222_711663601
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 2089304064 2010-02-25 16:08 ORADB1_level1_set_4940_piece_1_date_20100222_711663910
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 955711488 2010-02-25 16:09 ORADB1_level1_set_4941_piece_1_date_20100222_711664370
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 1623564288 2010-02-25 16:11 ORADB1_level1_set_4942_piece_1_date_20100222_711664872
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 980238336 2010-02-25 16:12 ORADB1_level1_set_4943_piece_1_date_20100222_711664989
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 280952832 2010-02-25 16:12 ORADB1_level1_set_4944_piece_1_date_20100222_711665385
    -rwx------ 1 oracle oinstall 1130496 2010-02-25 16:12 ORADB1_level1_set_4945_piece_1_date_20100222_711665521

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    no copy of datafile 7 found to recover
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    no copy of datafile 14 found to recover
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