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RMAN-06169: could not read file header for datafile 4 error reason 1

844001Feb 2 2013 — edited Feb 12 2013
Dear All,

I am configuring RMAN on one of our production databases.
I configured RMAN successfully without any errors. After that I gave "backup database" command.
Given following error.

RMAN> backup database;

Starting backup at 02-FEB-13
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=269 device type=DISK
RMAN-06169: could not read file header for datafile 4 error reason 1
RMAN-06169: could not read file header for datafile 4 error reason 1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 02/02/2013 07:37:03
RMAN-06056: could not access datafile 4


Please help someone to resolve this issue.
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