Error while restore control file

Question

Hi,
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  289406976 bytes
Fixed Size                  1248576 bytes
Variable Size             130024128 bytes
Database Buffers          150994944 bytes
Redo Buffers                7139328 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
SQL> shutdown immediate
ORA-01507: database not mounted
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup pfile='C:\oracle\init.ora';
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  289406976 bytes
Fixed Size                  1248576 bytes
Variable Size              92275392 bytes
Database Buffers          188743680 bytes
Redo Buffers                7139328 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.rman
C:\Documents and Settings\Siva Saravana Kumar>rman
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon May 13 17:29:40 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
RMAN> connect target sys@mani
target database Password:
connected to target database: MANI (DBID=946337126)
RMAN> restore controlfile from autobackup;
Starting restore at 13-MAY-13
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=141 devtype=DISK
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 05/13/2013 17:30:05
RMAN-06496: must use the TO clause when the database is mounted or open
RMAN>i don't understand why am getting this error ? i used pfile for startup database .. Pls Help

Answer 1

924575 wrote:
Shahrokh wrote:
Connect to RMAN like this. in command line
c:> set oracle_sid=your_dbname
C:> RMAN target /
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C:\Documents and Settings\Siva Saravana Kumar>rman
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon May 13 18:12:15 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
RMAN> connect target sys@mani
target database Password:
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect
descriptor
RMAN> exit
Recovery Manager complete.
C:\Documents and Settings\Siva Saravana Kumar>set oracle_sid=mani
C:\Documents and Settings\Siva Saravana Kumar>rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon May 13 18:20:40 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00554: initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
RMAN-04005: error from target database:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
C:\Documents and Settings\Siva Saravana Kumar>
Your OS user is not a member of the ora_dba group.