Script that works in command line fails in EM.

Question

Hi,
I'm using AIX 5.3 and tivoli dpo 5.4.1. Oracle DB is EE version 10.2.0.3
the following script works fine when I run it through a normal shell. (i.e. invoking rman by hand)
RMAN> run {
2> allocate channel oem_sbt_backup type 'sbt_tape' format '%U' parms 'ENV=(BLKSIZE=104857600, TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo.opt)';
backup as BACKUPSET current controlfile tag '06052007023232';
restore controlfile validate from tag '06052007023232';
release channel oem_sbt_backup;
3> 4> 5> 6>
channel oem_sbt_backup: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:00:08
Finished restore at 05.06.2007
released channel: oem_sbt_backup
RMAN>
but the same script run through the Enterprise Manager console gives me :
RMAN-03009: failure of allocate command on oem_sbt_backup channel at 06/05/2007 14:40:46
ORA-19554: error allocating device, device type: SBT_TAPE, device name:
ORA-27000: skgfqsbi: failed to initialize storage subsystem (SBT) layer
IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 610: Unknown system error
Additional information: 7011
ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text:
SBT error = 7011, errno = 610, sbtopen: system error
And I cannot find anything from this message (errno=610) in metalink, google or here.
dsmerror.log and dsmoraerror.log tell me nothing, neither does sbtio.log. tdpoerror.log is empty.
In fact everything is look fine except for EM failing to backup to tape.
Does anyone know what is happening or what that error means?
Thank you for your time.
Regards
Oli

Answer 1

Have you configured your default channels from OEM, try configuring all your default channels at RMAN level, so that you dont have to specifiy in run { } script;
For Eg. in my environment , i have following settings and backup command works fine both from shell and grid
its Oracle 9.2.0.6
RMAN configuration parameters are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 3;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/rman_backup/%F';
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' TO '%F_TAPE_CONTROLFILE';
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' PARALLELISM 4;
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 5;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE SBT_TAPE TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE SBT_TAPE TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/rman_backup/d_%d_s_%s_p_%p_t_%t' MAXPIECESIZE 1536 M;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' MAXPIECESIZE 1536 M PARMS "ENV=(NB_ORA_CLIENT=topdb1,NB_ORA_SERV=ilsdb2)" FORMAT 'd_%d_s_%s_p_%p_t_%t';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/opt1/app/oracle/product/ora92/dbs/snapcf_topaz.f'; # default
BACKUP DEVICE TYPE SBT CURRENT CONTROLFILE;