How do I identify the files that can be deleted from flash recovery area?

Greetings.
My RMAN backup failed last night:
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on oem_disk_backup channel at 05/18/2010 23:05:53
ORA-19504: failed to create file "/opt/oracle/flash/<directory_name_here>/datafile/o1_mf_users_%u_.dbf"
ORA-27044: unable to write the header block of file
Linux-x86_64 Error: 28: No space left on deviceWhen I run the following:
select * from v$flash_recovery_area_usage;I get the following output:
FILE_TYPE    PERCENT_SPACE_USED PERCENT_SPACE_RECLAIMABLE NUMBER_OF_FILES
CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                  2.7                       .02              61
BACKUPPIECE                 .37                         0               1
IMAGECOPY                 77.58                     44.81              22
FLASHBACKLOG               3.86                         0             144How do I identify and delete those files taking up the <tt>PERCENT_SPACE_RECLAIMABLE</tt>?
Thanks,
Jeff

You would have to be backing up one big file to encounter a space issue with 34GB free and that much freeable space in your FRA. Does your alert log show any error messages?
It's possible that based on your CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME or other issue(s) that older files are left in your FRA.
Basically, you can run the following commands and anything older than what is shown in this list can be removed.
RMAN> list copy;
RMAN> list backup;
RMAN> list archivelog all;To be on the safe side, you could rename the older file(s) on the filesystem that don't show in the list above. Then run a CROSSCHECK and LIST EXPIRED in RMAN to ensure it doesn't want one of the files you want to delete. If the LIST EXPIRED doesn't show anything, then it should be safe to delete the file from the filesystem.
You also may want to ensure a large file wasn't deleted on the filesystem that still has a file handle open for it. lsof can show any of those files.

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