Originally posted by dharma
Hi,

I have rman running with nocatalog, and we take weekly copies of backup for atleast 6 months. but say if rman removes obsolete copies from the control file, How do I restore to a old backup set because the control file doesnt have any information on the backup set.
Is it possible to set some time and specify the backup set to recover?

Note: Uses control file because I am in nocatalog.

Thanks,
-dharma
Set the init.ora parameter CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME to 183 (half a year).

It is an "alter system" parameter.

But why don't you use a catalog database?