Date: November 2006
NV Version: 7.1.2 and later
OS Version: Supported OS
Application version: Oracle 10g
Plugin version:4.600 and later
Description:
Backup with Oracle Online APM fails when Oracle is configured in ASM.
Symptoms:
Backup job fails with error -
'+ /......' does not exist
Cause:
It is an Oracle requirement that the only way to perform backup and recovery operations on databases that use ASM files is through Recovery Manager (RMAN), because the files stored in ASM are not accessible to the operating system. For example, when you want to backup SYSTEM and/or USERS tablespace using Oracle Online APM, the target data "SYSTEM.dbf" and "USERS.dbf" has to be accessed as a file from operating system. Because the actual data for ASM tablespaces are stored in raw disk, Oracle "BEGIN BACKUP" and "END BACKUP" commands can't access these files for backup.
Workaround this problem by using Oracle RMAN APM for backing up ASM.
