Date - May 2008
Affected Product & Version - NetVault: Backup 8.0
Affected Module & Version - APM for Oracle (Version 5.5)
OS Version - any
Application Information - Oracle 10.0.2.x using ASM.
Description:
Specific problem with NetVault: Backup 8.0, APM for Oracle (Version 5.5)
Symptoms:
Autobackup of spfile cannot be restored from FRA:
When running the restore command the following error is generated in RMAN script window:
Cannot restore SPFILE from FA backup
Cannot find autobackup:
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 05/21/2008 10:34:13
RMAN-06172: no autobackup found or specified handle is not a valid copy or piece
Use named backup piece:
RMAN> restore spfile from ' +DATA/emeanew/autobackup/2008_05_21/s_655295223.293.655295225';
In a DR situation where the spfile is being restored, there is no information available about the ASM storage (the location of the storage is in the spfile itself), so a location has to be manually defined.
