Rman backup with a missing archivelog.

hello,
I backed my database up yesterday after you guys helped me fix few problems I had on it. I used RMAN with the following command in a run block:
*run {*
allocate channel t1 type disk;
backup current controlfile ;
backup database;
backup archivelog all delete input;
release channel c1;
At the end of the operation, RMAN indicates that and archivelog is missing and it couldn't find it. As a result, recover operation can be compromised. Now am confused because I do not know whether the command executed successfully or not and how to fix the missing archivelog.
Below is the entire output of the operation along with error message:
canal affectÚ : t1
canal t1 : sid=131 typedev=DISK
DÚmarrage de backup dans 16/04/09
canal t1 : dÚmarrage de l'ensemble de sauvegarde de tous les fichiers de donnÚes
canal t1 : insertion du fichier de donnÚes dans l'ensemble de sauvegarde
insertion du fichier de contr¶le en cours dans l'ensemble de sauvegarde
canal t1 : dÚmarrage de l'ÚlÚment 1 dans 16/04/09
canal t1 : ÚlÚment 1 terminÚ dans 16/04/09
pointeur=+ASMTEST/meta4/backupset/2009_04_16/ncnnf0_tag20090416t211049_0.334.684
*364257 Útiquette=TAG20090416T211049 commentaire=NONE*
canal t1 : ensemble de sauvegarde terminÚ, temps ÚcoulÚ : 00:00:14
Fin de backup dans 16/04/09
DÚmarrage de backup dans 16/04/09
canal t1 : dÚmarrage de l'ensemble de sauvegarde de tous les fichiers de donnÚes
canal t1 : insertion du fichier de donnÚes dans l'ensemble de sauvegarde
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00008 nom=+ASMTEST/meta4/m4prod.dbf
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00010 nom=H:\ORADATA\M4REC.DBF
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00009 nom=E:\DATAFILEMETA4\M4PROD02.DBF
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00001 nom=+ASMTEST/meta4/system01.dbf
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00003 nom=+ASMTEST/meta4/sysaux01.dbf
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00006 nom=C:\TEST.DBF
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00007 nom=+ASMTEST/meta4/meta4.dbf
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00005 nom=+ASMTEST/meta4/example01.dbf
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00002 nom=+ASMTEST/meta4/undotbs01.dbf
fichier de donnÚes en entrÚe fno=00004 nom=+ASMTEST/meta4/users01.dbf
canal t1 : dÚmarrage de l'ÚlÚment 1 dans 16/04/09
canal t1 : ÚlÚment 1 terminÚ dans 16/04/09
pointeur=+ASMTEST/meta4/backupset/2009_04_16/nnndf0_tag20090416t211107_0.333.684
*364271 Útiquette=TAG20090416T211107 commentaire=NONE*
canal t1 : ensemble de sauvegarde terminÚ, temps ÚcoulÚ : 00:51:10
canal t1 : dÚmarrage de l'ensemble de sauvegarde de tous les fichiers de donnÚes
canal t1 : insertion du fichier de donnÚes dans l'ensemble de sauvegarde
insertion du fichier de contr¶le en cours dans l'ensemble de sauvegarde
inclusion du SPFILE en cours dans l'ensemble de sauvegarde
canal t1 : dÚmarrage de l'ÚlÚment 1 dans 16/04/09
canal t1 : ÚlÚment 1 terminÚ dans 16/04/09
pointeur=+ASMTEST/meta4/backupset/2009_04_16/ncsnf0_tag20090416t211107_0.345.684
*367351 Útiquette=TAG20090416T211107 commentaire=NONE*
canal t1 : ensemble de sauvegarde terminÚ, temps ÚcoulÚ : 00:00:26
Fin de backup dans 16/04/09
DÚmarrage de backup dans 16/04/09
journal en cours archivÚ
canal libÚrÚ : t1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: Úchec de la commande backup Ó 04/16/2009 22:04:03
RMAN-06059: journal d'archivage attendu introuvable ; la perte du journal d'arch
ivage compromet la possibilitÚ de rÚcupÚration
ORA-19625: erreur lors de l'identification du fichier H:\ARCHIVEMETA4\ARC00001_0
*682674928.001*
ORA-27041: ouverture du fichier impossible
OSD-04002: ouverture impossible du fichier
O/S-Error: (OS 2) Le fichier spÚcifiÚ est introuvable.
Here's my nderstanding and please correct me if am wrong:
The first 3 instructions of the run block executed successfully, but
the last one didn't. Is that so?
Whatever the understanding, do I have a backup? WHat can I do to have a consistent backup?
Thanks in advance.

Adomi,
It is sad to see you are still running RMAN in 8i fashion where you are on 10g.
The script is bs, sorry
run {
allocate channel t1 type disk; -- not required
backup current controlfile ; -- not required, as this is already done by backup database
backup database;
backup archivelog all delete input;
release channel c1; -- not required.
If you have controlfile autobackup on, you could just
backup database plus archivelog
and be done with it.
As you didn't make a RMAN backup from the start, your backup archivelog statement should have read
backup archivelog all skip inaccessible delete input;
Once that succeeds Oracle shouldn't need the archivelog anymore, and you should make a second backup without the skip inaccessible clause.
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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using channel ORA_DISK_5
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00006 name=/opt/oracle/oradata/orcl/users03.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 07-NOV-12
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 07-NOV-12
piece handle=/opt/oraBackup/rman/nrnpo0sg_1_1 tag=TAG20121107T200120 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:13:05
Finished backup at 07-NOV-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 07-NOV-12
piece handle=/opt/oraBackup/rman/c-1253245572-20121107-03 comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 07-NOV-12

I have updated database to 11.2.0.3
However, the problem still persists. rman backup went ok on broken file
oracle@orcl-cluster:~> sqlplus
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Tue Nov 20 09:24:11 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: system
Enter password:
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 * from V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION;
     FILE#     BLOCK#     BLOCKS CORRUPTION_CHANGE# CORRUPTIO
         6    2359942          1                  0 FRACTURED
        25    1855622          1                  0 FRACTURED
oracle@orcl-cluster:~> rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production on Tue Nov 20 08:04:57 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1253245572)
RMAN> backup as compressed backupset datafile 6;
Starting backup at 20-NOV-12
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=1596 device type=DISK
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_2
channel ORA_DISK_2: SID=1568 device type=DISK
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_3
channel ORA_DISK_3: SID=2357 device type=DISK
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_4
channel ORA_DISK_4: SID=2341 device type=DISK
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_5
channel ORA_DISK_5: SID=86 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00006 name=/opt/oracle/oradata/orcl/users03.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 20-NOV-12
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 20-NOV-12
piece handle=/opt/oraBackup/rman/2rnqovpp_1_1 tag=TAG20121120T080513 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:10:35
Finished backup at 20-NOV-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 20-NOV-12
piece handle=/opt/oraBackup/rman/c-1253245572-20121120-00 comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 20-NOV-12
RMAN> backup validate datafile 6;
Starting backup at 20-NOV-12
using channel ORA_DISK_1
using channel ORA_DISK_2
using channel ORA_DISK_3
using channel ORA_DISK_4
using channel ORA_DISK_5
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00006 name=/opt/oracle/oradata/orcl/users03.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:03:05
List of Datafiles
=================
File Status Marked Corrupt Empty Blocks Blocks Examined High SCN
6    OK     1              2975         3840000         6489027926
File Name: /opt/oracle/oradata/orcl/users03.dbf
Block Type Blocks Failing Blocks Processed
Data       0              453912
Index      0              2959091
Other      0              424022
Finished backup at 20-NOV-12Edited by: kamilp on Nov 20, 2012 12:23 AM

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