Hello LKBrwn_DBA,

I tried restring RMAN database by sharing drive as well however RMAN doesn't identify the backup file which is very stange !!

The original backup location was 'M:\OracleBackup\

I shared the drive on the network and mapped it on the database server under M: so path of backup looks exactly same 'M:\OracleBackup\

How ever RMAN throws following

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 02/13/2009 15:05:14
ORA-19505: failed to identify file "M:\OracleBackup\DBCOM\DBCOM_948_20090212"
ORA-27041: unable to open file
OSD-04002: unable to open file
O/S-Error: (OS 3) The system cannot find the path specified.


It seems that RMAN stored some sort of identification number so with the same path elsewhere it doesn't let me restore.

Any more ideas ?

Many thanks,
Vasant