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  1. 05-27-2005, 03:59 AM #1
    Sally
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    Can not delete all backup files?

    everyday there is being made a backup set by rman. (I am running Oracle 8).

    When I make a "report obsolete" a list is being generated and I afterwards can delete the files that is reported as obsoleted by rman.

    But in the backup folder there are some older files, that is not being mentioned in that "report obsolete" command. When I try to delete them as the other obsolete files, rman can not "see" the files and are unable to delete them of course.

    Do I have to delete them through windows or is there a safer way, so I don`t risk that Oracle have registered these files.
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  2. 05-27-2005, 07:57 AM #2
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    Re: Can not delete all backup files?

    Originally posted by Sally
    But in the backup folder there are some older files, that is not being mentioned in that "report obsolete" command.
    May they are still needed for recovery.
    Why don't you do a full backup and delete all the obsolate files afterwards?
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  3. 06-01-2005, 05:21 AM #3
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    You mean close the database and make a full cold backup. And before I restart the database than just delete the files by windows ? - Oracle will than miss the deleted files or ... ?
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  4. 06-03-2005, 05:38 AM #4
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    Unhappy

    Could someone give me a hind
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  5. 06-03-2005, 06:23 AM #5
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    Have you thought about that those files are not in the catalog?
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  6. 06-03-2005, 06:26 AM #6
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    Yes - I know there are not in the catalog, but I don´t know if they somehow are connected to other Oracle things.
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  7. 06-03-2005, 08:35 AM #7
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    I think those backups are created before using catalog.
    That is using control file as repository.
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