RMAN throwing errors during Tablespace Backup - RMAN-06004 and RMAN-06019

Question

Hi All.
Please help me to fix trail of error message I'm getting while trying backup of a newly added tablespace in database. I'm using RMAN as a recovery method.
Tablespace Name: test
DB Version: Oracle 10g R1.
OS: Red Hat Linux 5
RMAN> report schema;
Report of database schema
List of Permanent Datafiles
===========================
File Size(MB) Tablespace RB segs Datafile Name
1 490 SYSTEM YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/qrcl/system01.dbf
2 25 UNDOTBS1 YES /u01/app/oracle/oradata/qrcl/undotbs01.dbf
3 270 SYSAUX NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/qrcl/sysaux01.dbf
4 23 USERS NO /u01/app/oracle/oradata/qrcl/users01.dbf
5 40 TEST NO /u01/app/test01.dbf
List of Temporary Files
=======================
File Size(MB) Tablespace Maxsize(MB) Tempfile Name
1 20 TEMP 32767 /u01/app/oracle/oradata/qrcl/temp01.dbf
RMAN>
RMAN> backup tablespace "test";
Starting backup at 22-AUG-12
using channel ORA_DISK_1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 08/22/2012 11:57:13
RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: RMAN-20202: tablespace not found in the recovery catalog
RMAN-06019: could not translate tablespace name "test"
RMAN> restore tablespace test;
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "test": expecting one of: "double-quoted-string, identifier, single-quoted-string"
RMAN-01007: at line 1 column 20 file: standard input
I tried to update Catalog Server but still no luck:
RMAN> RESYNC CATALOG;
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
Please Assist.
Thanks
Prashant Dixit

Answer 1

Hello Prashant;
The main issue is your tablespace name is an RMAN Reserved Word "Test"
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B13789_01/server.101/b10770/rcmcomma.htm#1006728
Different test
-- Create the tablespace
CREATE TABLESPACE OTN_TEST DATAFILE
  '/u01/oradata/RECOVER2/test01.dbf' SIZE 1M AUTOEXTEND OFF
LOGGING
ONLINE;-- Create a user for the tablespace
CREATE USER RMAN_TEST
  IDENTIFIED BY RMAN_TEST
  DEFAULT TABLESPACE OTN_TEST
  TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP
  PROFILE DEFAULT
  ACCOUNT UNLOCK;
ALTER USER RMAN_TEST QUOTA UNLIMITED ON "OTN_TEST";  -- Create a table in the tablespace
CREATE TABLE RMAN_TEST.EMP
  EMPNO     NUMBER,
  ENAME     VARCHAR2(30 BYTE),
  JOB       VARCHAR2(30 BYTE),
  MGR       NUMBER,
  HIREDATE  DATE,
  SAL       NUMBER,
  COMM      NUMBER,
  DEPTNO    NUMBER
TABLESPACE OTN_TEST;-- Add some data
SET DEFINE OFF;
Insert into RMAN_TEST.EMP
   (EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, MGR, HIREDATE, SAL, COMM, DEPTNO)
Values
   (7369, 'SMITH', 'CLERK', 7902, TO_DATE('12/17/1980 00:00:00', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'),
    800, 20, 0);
Insert into RMAN_TEST.EMP
   (EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, MGR, HIREDATE, SAL, COMM, DEPTNO)
Values
   (5000, 'NOCATALOG', 'DBA', 77902, TO_DATE('04/01/2010 00:00:00', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'),
    200, 0, 0);
COMMIT;-- start RMAN and backup tablespace
RMAN> BACKUP TABLESPACE OTN_TEST;
Starting backup at 22-AUG-12
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00007 name=/u01/oradata/RECOVER2/test01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 22-AUG-12
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 22-AUG-12
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/RECOVER2/backupset/2012_08_22/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20120822T080711_839pczng_.bkp tag=TAG20120822T080711 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
Finished backup at 22-AUG-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 22-AUG-12
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/RECOVER2/autobackup/2012_08_22/o1_mf_s_791971633_839pd1bm_.bkp comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 22-AUG-12
Note
If you dropped the tablespace then you need to recover the database to a point in time, not the tablespace.
Best Regards
mseberg