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    RMAN - removing old catalog entries

    I want to remove RMAN catalog entries older than 30 days. The backup pieces have long since been moved off the system.

    I understand I can use the RMAN CHANGE command to remove just the catalog records but I can't find the syntax anywhere. Can anyone help me?

    Here's my best guess at piecing it together:
    CHANGE BACKUP COMPLETED BEFORE 'SYSDATE-30' UNCATALOG;

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    Is this what you are looking for (CHANGE)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ebrian
    Is this what you are looking for (CHANGE)?
    Yea, I read the docs. They're just not clear on the syntax for the example above.

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    Hi

    Does this work

    CHANGE BACKUPSETS COMPLETED BEFORE 'SYSDATE-30' UNCATALOG;

    if that doesnt work one other way of doing that would be

    http://www.orafaq.com/scripts/unix/purgecat.txt

    Just change the line
    echo "CHANGE BACKUPSET $key DELETE;" >>$CMDFILE

    in that script to
    echo "CHANGE BACKUPSET $key UNCATALOG;" >>$CMDFILE

    and also this line
    list backupset of database
    from time 'SYSDATE-3000' until time 'SYSDATE-$DAYSTOKEEP'

    Hmm Frank Nuade has done some smart MetaProgramming i beleive ;-)

    regards
    Hrishy
    Last edited by hrishy; 07-02-2008 at 05:03 AM.

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    Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Hrishy!
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    RMAN> change backupset completed before 'sysdate-30' uncatalog;

    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
    RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
    RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
    RMAN-03002: failure of uncatalog command at 07/02/2008 12:55:34
    RMAN-06122: CHANGE .. UNCATALOG not supported for BACKUPSET

    Found this...

    Oracle Error : RMAN-06122: CHANGE .. UNCATALOG not supported for BACKUPSET
    Cause: The CHANGE BACKUPSET .. UNCATALOG command was entered. The UNCATALOG operation is not supported with backup set.
    Action: Use CHANGE BACKUPSET .. DELETE instead.

    Then did this:
    RMAN> change backupset completed before 'sysdate-30' delete;
    ...
    Do you really want to delete the above objects (enter YES or NO)? YES

    But when I "list backupset completed before 'sysdate-30';" they're all still there... urgh

    Any ideas?
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    Hi

    Can you try by deleting the backupset with the keys
    by using the following script
    http://www.orafaq.com/scripts/unix/purgecat.txt

    regards
    Hrishy

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    Have you tried:

    Code:
    RMAN> crosscheck backup completed before 'sysdate-30';
    RMAN> delete expired backup completed before 'sysdate-30';

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    Thanks. I've just about re-engineered the purgecat.ksh script for 10.2 catalog. The commands and output are a little different.

    I'll give this a check and see if that doesn't do the trick and report back. Thanks for your assistance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ebrian
    Have you tried:

    Code:
    RMAN> crosscheck backup completed before 'sysdate-30';
    RMAN> delete expired backup completed before 'sysdate-30';
    This works perfectly. Thank you!

    Is there a way to feed into the script the "YES" response?
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