Database Software

Hello,

I explain here my architecture :

- Production Oracle 11.2.0.4 server : prod-db with instance name PROD with RMAN backups on drive F:

- Test Oracle 11.2.0.4 server : test-db with instance name TEST with RMAN backups on drive F: and production drive backup available on drive G:

- Client name: client

My goal is to duplicate the production server to the test server instance and I can't achieve this. The connection is from the client side.

I do it like this :

- startup nomount the TEST

- On the client run the following "rman target sys/pass@PROD auxiliary sys/pass@TEST"

Then in RMAN I run the following :

RUN

{

        ALLOCATE AUXILIARY CHANNEL ch01 DEVICE TYPE DISK;

ALLOCATE AUXILIARY CHANNEL ch02 DEVICE TYPE DISK;

        DUPLICATE DATABASE TO TEST BACKUP LOCATION 'G:\RMAN';

}

RMAN does not see my "BACKUP LOCATION" command because he tries to duplicate from the F: drive and doesn't find the backup files.

I have thing like this :

channel ch01: reading from backup piece F:\RMAN\CTRLFILES\CTRL-PROD-C-2267984545-20150826-00

channel ch01: ORA-19870: error while restoring backup piece F:\RMAN\CTRLFILES\CTRL-PROD-C-2267984545-20150826-00

ORA-19505: failed to identify file "F:\RMAN\CTRLFILES\CTRL-PROD-C-2267984545-20150826-00"

ORA-27041: unable to open file

OSD-04002: unable to open file

O/S-Error: (OS 2) The system cannot find the file specified.

I tried simple quote, double quote, almost everything and RMAN always look for the backup in the F: drive. Can you help me to use the G: drive ?