How to include DBID in controlfile backup filename

Hi,
I've googled over this issue a lot...actually, for disaster recovery purposes, I want to have dbid somewhere "visible" (I know there are some workarounds to find the dbid of the db, also I log the RMAN execution and the dbid is there, but i prefer to have it ready at hand) so I found that F% parameter puts the dbid in filename. But RMAN throws error when I use this parameter and says F is an unknown one.
Any ideas?

Hello;
Test :
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> SELECT DBID FROM V$DATABASE;
DBID
3806912436
SQL> Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production on Mon Dec 31 10:05:49 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: RECOVER2 (DBID=3806912436)
connected to recovery catalog database
RMAN> configure controlfile autobackup ON;
old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN> configure controlfile autobackup format for device type disk to 'B_%F';
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 'B_%F';
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN> Check
RECOVER2 >ls -al /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbs/B_c-3806912436*
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 10223616 Dec 31 10:09 /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbs/B_c-3806912436-20121231-00Adding %I seems to help the most, the problem with FORMAT is, it does not put the file where I like it. You can hard code it, but it's not exactly what I want.
'/disk1/control_files/autobackup_%F';
Best Regards
mseberg
Edited by: mseberg on Dec 31, 2012 11:13 AM
Edited by: mseberg on Dec 31, 2012 11:28 AM

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