Hi, thanks for the answers.

Currently Iam taking RMAN full weekly backups on node 1, I can store only one weekly backup on node 1 due to space shortage. So first I delete the previous weekly backup before taking new weekly backup.

After successfully taking the backup using
RMAN>backup database plus archivelog;

the backup files are written to disk and on tape.

But when I issue
RMAN>crosscheck backup completed before 'sysdate';
RMAN shows the latest backup files as "Expired". It should have shown as "Available" as the files are physically present on disk, i have not deleted the latest backup files.

Note: My catalog database is on another solaris machine.

Question: Why RMAN is not treating the latest backup files as Available.

One more thing: Iam getting a Solaris operating system message on node 1 as,

message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd (1M) running?

Question: Is this the reason RMAN is not treating the files as Available, but it is reading the directory as it is displaying the backup files as Expired.


Your kind help is appreciated,

thanks,