Hi,
Rman is writing what looks like backupsets for archive logs to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs. \
This is a 2 node rac and the archvie logs are not on a shared file system so I have 2 channels configured as connect* to the other node. per dochttp://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/rac.111/b28254/rman.htm#RACAD7199
I can see where this would not be an issue if it were writing to tape, as it would just write to tape, but it's writing to disk and I want it to write to disk. We do not have tape.
Rman thinks those channels are default so it's writing the ORACLE_HOME/dbs . How do I get it to write those channels to my backup location?
The datafiles and archive log backups are going to the correct file system backup location listed in channel 3 and 4.
Why is it writing to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs? If it's because the channel 1 & channel 2 don't specify a location, how do I specify a location on those to disk.
If I don't have the channels configured using "connect", rman fails on crosschecking the archive logs.
Configuration:
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name EBS1 are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 9 DAYS;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/mnt/ebs1/cf_%F';
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 4 BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1;
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 3 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/mnt//ebs_backupset_%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2 G;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 4 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/mnt//ebs/ebs_backupset_%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2 G;
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128';
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 3 TIMES TO DISK;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u01/ebs1/ebs1db/11.2.0/dbs/scf/snapcf_ebs1.f';