CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK doesn't function

Question

Dear all,
I have a problem with a backup.
Facts:
OS: SunOS hod 5.10 Generic_142901-03 i86pc i386 i86pc
Oracle 11.2.0.1 with RAC
So, Although i put in rman parameters section the CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/rman/backups/%U'; the backup was done but in FRA that is located in
BS Key  Type LV   Size       Device Type  Elapsed Time  Completion Time
36 Incr 0 210.82G DISK 10:32:57 24-JAN-13
BP Key: 36 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20130123T210005
*Piece Name: +DATA/db_name/backupset/2013_01_23/nnndn0_tag20130123t210005_0.442.805496407*
List of Datafiles in backup set 36...
ANd my question is:
How, although i configure that the backups would be in /rman/backups/%U this was located in +DATA (fRA) ??
what im doing wrong ??
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

thanks for your answer: here is my rman script. We invoked the script like this: rman_db_script.sh SID 0
#!/bin/ksh
function email_dba
if [ -s $email_file ]
then
subj="$prog: FAILED on $sid@$box at `date`"
while read dba_id
do
mailx -s "$subj" $dba_id < $email_file
echo "mailx -s "$subj" $dba_id "
done < /oracle/app/oracle/dba/util/motifylist.txt
fi
# set and check
function set_and_check
ps -ef | grep ora_pmon_$sid | grep -v grep > /dev/null
rc=$?
if [ $rc != 0 ]
then
echo "$prog: database $ORACLE_SID is not online" >> $log_file
echo "$prog: database $ORACLE_SID is not online" >> $email_file
# email_dba
exit 1
fi
rtime=`date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M'`
ORACLE_BASE=/opt/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
export ORACLE_HOME
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH
logdir=/opt/oracle/logs
log_file=$logdir/$prog.$sid.level${bk_level}.log.$rtime
email_file="$logdir/$prog.email.$sid"
cat /dev/null > $email_file
box=`hostname`
orauser=oracle
bk_dir=/rman/backups/$sid
echo "===== `date '+%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S'` $prog: Started =====" > $log_file
backup_type="INCREMENTAL LEVEL $bk_level"
# find $logdir -name $prog.*.log.* -type f -mtime +10 -exec /bin/rm -f {} \;
# find $bk_dir -name ctl.* -type f -mtime +10 -exec /bin/rm -f {} \;
echo "ORACLE_SID=$ORACLE_SID" >> $log_file
echo "ORACLE_USER=$orauser" >> $log_file
echo "ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME" >> $log_file
echo "BACKUP TYPE=$backup_type" >> $log_file
return
# backup database and archive logs to disk
function backup_dbs_to_disk
echo "===== Backup $sid to FRA Started At `date` =====" >> $log_file
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman nocatalog << rman_cmd >> $log_file 2>&1
connect target
     # se haran en el directorio sgte no en el FRA
     CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/rman/backups/%U';
#CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
run
ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch1 TYPE disk ;
BACKUP $backup_type
filesperset 10
DATABASE;
sql 'alter system archive log current';
BACKUP filesperset 10 ARCHIVELOG ALL DELETE ALL INPUT;
sql "alter database backup controlfile to trace as ''$bk_dir/ctl.trc.$rtime''";
sql "alter database backup controlfile to ''$bk_dir/ctl.$rtime'' reuse";
RELEASE CHANNEL ch1;
#CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
rman_cmd
rc=$?
if [ $rc != 0 ]
then
echo "Backup $sid to Disk Failed At `date`" >> $log_file
echo "Backup $sid to Disk Failed At `date`" >> $email_file
email_dba
exit 1
else
echo "===== Backup $sid to Disk Completed At `date` =====" >> $log_file
fi
return
# delete obsolete backups
function del_obsolete_bk
echo "===== Delete Obsolete Backups Started At `date` =====" >> $log_file
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman nocatalog << rman_cmd >> $log_file 2>&1
connect target
ALLOCATE CHANNEL FOR MAINTENANCE DEVICE TYPE DISK;
Report obsolete;
delete force noprompt obsolete;
rman_cmd
rc=$?
if [ $rc != 0 ]
then
echo "Delete Obsolete Backups Failed At `date`" >> $log_file
echo "Delete Obsolete Backups Failed At `date`" >> $email_file
email_dba
exit 1
else
echo "===== Delete Obsolete Backups Completed At `date` =====" >> $log_file
fi
return
# main program
if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
clear
echo "\nIncorrect argument, ORACLE_SID Backup_Level needed\n"
echo "\nUsage: $0 ORACLE_SID BACKUP_LEVEL(0/1)\n"
return 1
fi
sid=$1
bk_level=$2
diff_cum=$3
# prog=`basename $0`
prog=rman_backup_dbs.sh
export debug='N'
if [[ $debug = 'Y' ]];then set -x;fi
unset ORACLE_SID
unset ORACLE_HOME
unset SQLPATH
ORACLE_SID=$sid
export ORACLE_SID
set_and_check
backup_dbs_to_disk
del_obsolete_bk
echo "===== `date '+%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S'` $prog: Completed =====" >> $log_file
subj="$sid@$box backup completed successfully at `date`"
# while read dba_id
# do
# mailx -s "$subj" $dba_id < $log_file
# done < /oracle/app/oracle/dba/util/backup/scripts/email_dba.list
return 0
# end program
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