help- RMAN BACKUP TO A NETWORK DRIVE

[meera]

Hello
i need to do a back up for my database (oracle 10g) in a windows XP platform
i need to have the backup to be located on a network drive
this is the RMAN command i did:
run {
crosscheck backup;
crosscheck archivelog all;
allocate channel t1 type disk;
allocate channel c1 type disk;
BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1 DATABASE
format 'Z:\meera\RMAN\%d_%s_%p.bkp' tag=fullbkp
PLUS ARCHIVELOG
format 'Z:\meera\RMAN\ARC_%d_%s_%p.bkp' tag=arcbkp;
release channel t1;
release channel c1;
crosscheck backup;
crosscheck archivelog all;
DELETE NOPROMPT OBSOLETE;
}
i get the follwing ERRORS:
MAN-03009: failure of backup command on t1 channel at 10/30/2008 09:25:44
ORA-19504: failed to create file "Z:\MALKUWARI\RMAN\ARC_QF_8_1.BKP"
ORA-27040: file create error, unable to create file
OSD-04002: unable to open file
O/S-Error: (OS 3) The system cannot find the path specified.
channel t1 disabled, job failed on it will be run on another channel
MAN-03009: failure of backup command on c1 channel at 10/30/2008 09:25:44
ORA-19504: failed to create file "Z:\MALKUWARI\RMAN\ARC_QF_9_1.BKP"
ORA-27040: file create error, unable to create file
OSD-04002: unable to open file
O/S-Error: (OS 3) The system cannot find the path specified.
channel c1 disabled, job failed on it will be run on another channel
released channel: t1
released channel: c1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup plus archivelog command at 10/30/2008 09:25:44
PLEASE any Solution for this Issue
Best regards,,,,
Meera

[vnktummala]

Check the paths.

In the script ...

BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1 DATABASE
format 'Z:\meera\RMAN\%d_%s_%p.bkp' tag=fullbkp
PLUS ARCHIVELOG
format 'Z:\meera\RMAN\ARC_%d_%s_%p.bkp' tag=arcbkp;
release channel t1;

and RMAN is trying to backup to ...

ORA-19504: failed to create file "Z:\MALKUWARI\RMAN\ARC_QF_8_1.BKP"
ORA-19504: failed to create file "Z:\MALKUWARI\RMAN\ARC_QF_9_1.BKP"

Are you running the correct script?

Thanks,

[meera]

hello,,

Thank you vnktummala for reply

i read the metalink Note#:145843.1 and follow all the steps, it's really help me
and the backup work

Thans again