Thanks,

that worked, I got a backup file called 96T.96D.96S.96P. Now how do I restore thsi file. I tried with a script from the pracle manual and got the following.

RMAN> run {
2> allocate channel ch1 type disk;
3> restore database;
4> }

RMAN-03022: compiling command: allocate
RMAN-03023: executing command: allocate
RMAN-08030: allocated channel: ch1
RMAN-08500: channel ch1: sid=10 devtype=DISK

RMAN-03022: compiling command: restore

RMAN-03022: compiling command: IRESTORE
RMAN-03023: executing command: IRESTORE
RMAN-08016: channel ch1: starting datafile backupset restore
RMAN-08502: set_count=4 set_stamp=432750962 creation_time=18-JUN-01
RMAN-08089: channel ch1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00001 to C:\ORACLE\ORA817\DATABASE\SYSPICIS.ORA
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00002 to C:\ORACLE\ORA817\DATABASE\PCS_TEMP01.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00003 to C:\ORACLE\ORA817\DATABASE\PCS_RBS_01.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00004 to C:\ORACLE\ORA817\DATABASE\PCS_RBS_02.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00005 to C:\ORACLE\ORA817\DATABASE\PCS_RBS_03.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00006 to C:\ORACLE\ORA817\DATABASE\PCS_RBS_04.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00007 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_RT_INDXS.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00008 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_RT_DATA.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00009 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_CARE_DATA.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00010 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_CARE_INDXS.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00011 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_COMMON_DATA.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00012 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_COMMON_INDXS.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00013 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_LABS_INDXS.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00014 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_LABS_DATA.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00015 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_PREOP_DATA.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00016 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_PREOP_INDXS.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00017 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_EXTERNAL_DATA.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00018 to D:\ORACLEDATA\PCS_EXTERNAL_INDXS.DBF
RMAN-08523: restoring datafile 00019 to D:\ORACLEDATA\RMANDATA01.DBF
RMAN-03026: error recovery releasing channel resources
RMAN-08031: released channel: ch1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command
RMAN-03013: command type: restore
RMAN-03006: non-retryable error occurred during execution of command: IRESTORE
RMAN-07004: unhandled exception during command execution on channel ch1
RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: ORA-19573: cannot obtain exclusive enqueue for datafile 7
RMAN-10031: ORA-19583 occurred during call to DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE

Any ideas, thanks