Redolog backup problem

Dear Team,
During archiving log backup , I am faccing the problem.
Job started
Step 001 started (program RSDBAJOB, variant &0000000000008, user ID BASIS)
Execute logical command BRARCHIVE On host sapprd
Parameters:-u / -jid LOG__20090729213120 -c force -p initPRD.sap.backup -s -v SSS
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BR0252E Function fopen() failed for '/oracle/PRD/saparch/aebcyena.sve' at location main-5
BR0253E errno 13: Permission denied
BR0121E Processing of log file /oracle/PRD/saparch/aebcyena.sve failed
BR0007I End of offline redo log processing: aebcyena.sve 2009-07-29 21.31.38
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2009-07-29 21.31.38
BR0005I BRARCHIVE terminated with errors
External program terminated with exit code 3
BRARCHIVE returned error status E
Job finished
But my Online backup working fine.
Whats the problem.
RAJ

how I set permission.
I check in my PRD
drwxr-xr-x   3 oraprd     dba             96 Jul 4 01:30 origlogA
drwxr-xr-x   3 oraprd     dba             96 Jul 4 01:30 origlogB
drwxr-xr-x   2 oraprd     dba             96 Jun 30 14:16 saparch
drwxr-xr-x   2 oraprd     dba           1024 Jul 29 16:42 sapbackup
drwxr-xr-x   2 oraprd     dba           1024 Jul 4 06:41 sapcheck
drwxr-xr-x 15 oraprd     dba           1024 Jul 4 01:29 sapdata1
drwxr-xr-x 12 oraprd     dba           1024 Jul 4 01:29 sapdata2
drwxr-xr-x 12 oraprd     dba           1024 Jul 4 01:29 sapdata3
drwxr-xr-x 12 oraprd     dba           1024 Jul 26 08:13 sapdata4
drwxr-xr-x   3 root       dba             96 Jun 29 20:34 sapdata5
drwxr-xr-x   4 oraprd     dba           1024 Jul 26 08:32 sapreorg
drwxr-xr-x   4 oraprd     dba             96 Jun 30 14:16 saptrace
-rwxr-xr-x   1 oraprd     dba          15752 Jan 10 2009 startdb
-rwxr-xr-x   1 oraprd     dba          11119 Jan 10 2009 stopdb
cd saparch
ll
total 0
Thanks
RAJ

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And - If she bought the music with her Apple ID - the music does not belong to you. She may have bought the songs for you, but that is not how iTunes "sees" it. The purchases are tied to her ID - not to yours.

ITouch cannot be updated because it was disconnected, also some extraordinarily long backup problems.

I have a 4th gen ipod touch and i've been having this problem for a while. I'm on 4.3.3 and I don't jailbreak, I buy all my apps etc, but whenever I sync, it won't properly do it. It will start the sync by backing up. Now, I don't actually have a single back up meaning this is technically my 'first' backup. I know that 'first' backups are supposed to take longer, but it either a) takes over 3 hours (i've left it on for this long then gave up) or b) will go through and just before completing, say that the ipod was disconnected and thus was unable to backup. Occasionally, it will go through with the backup when i right click on my iPod in iTunes and select 'back up' but when I go to check everything, including my preferences > devices > backups, nothing has changed. I don't have a single backup on that list, its white and bare.
I don't have a single backup because although I managed to get this iPod fine, new from the apple store and backup for the first time then, after a while it stopped properly syncing, aka this problem. I was then recommended by some random site that I can't recall to delete backups and backup for the 'first' time again. I've also tried clearing some apps to see if that was the problem, as well as emptying some of my photos, but although i've not cleared all the apps nor all the photos, it doesn't seem to make a difference.
When I try to update to 4.3.5, it will extract information, proceed to Back up (step 1 of 5) and somewhere in the backing up process my iPod Touch will reboot and the apple logo plus a loading logo (the white lines arranged in a circular motion, when things are 'loading') ontop will appear. From then on, regularily will my iPod Touch beep with a high pitched noise that I can't put my finger on, but is familiar, until the backup ultimately fails with the message "iTunes could not back up the iPod because it was disconnected."
I've tried different USB ports, I do NOT use a hub. It also does not sync songs as when I try to put more songs on my iPod, it requires to back up. I've also tried clicking the (x) to stop the backup but clicking it doesn't even do anything.
I've wanted to try to restore, but apparently I can't even do that because it TOO requires to back up right after restoration, it will fail the backup and revert my iPod to what it was before.
Please tell me that this is a problem I can fix easily, it's a fairly new iPod Touch.

See here for
DFU Mode / Unable to Update or Restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

Backup Problem with Firmware Change

*I'm running Windows Vista with my iPod Touch 2G.
I just downgraded my firmware from 3.1.1 to 3.0 but now when I try to backup my old iPod backup it tells me it cannot backup the data because the (recently downgraded firmware) software is too old.
Is there a way to backup my old applications and music without sticking with 3.1.1 firmware?
Or is the only option putting my apps back manually onto my iPod? I had both my apps and my music backed up before I reverted to 3.0 firmware.
Thanks for your time in advance!

Just cancel it. its just downloading and not installing to phone yet so no harm will happen. Something on your computer is creating problems for your download. Most likely the AV and firewall software of the LAN settings.
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