Question:
I am trying to duplicate my Oracle 10.2
database and use it to overwrite an Oracle 11.2 database, but I am
running into an RMAN-06429 error:
Recovery Manager incompatible with TARGET database: RMAN 8.0.4.0 to
10.2.0.4 required
RMAN-00571:
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RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS
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RMAN-00571:
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RMAN-00554: initialization of internal recovery manager package
failed
RMAN-06429: TARGET database is not compatible with this
version of RMAN
How can I get this to work?
Answer:
You start by using the
oerr utility to look up the RMAN-06429 error:
RMAN-06429: %s database is not compatible with
this version of RMAN
Cause: The indicated database is not
compatible with this version of the Recovery Manager (RMAN). Other
messages have also been issued which detail the cause of the error.
Action: See the other messages. If the database is CATALOG,
then you may be able to use the CREATE CATALOG or UPGRADE CATALOG
commands to correct the problem. If the database is TARGET or
AUXILIARY, then you must either upgrade the target database or use a
newer version of the RMAN executable.
Your RMAN-06429 references TARGET. Since your database is
TARGET, the resolution to your RMAN-06429 will be to correct the
compatibility problem between the database and RMAN.
If you have difficulty resolving the RMAN-06429, you can look up
the compatibility information for your versions of the database and
RMAN. Oracle has a
matrix of its RMAN compatibility rules. From the
documentation, the are as follows:
- 8.x or 9.x recovery catalog schemas can be created in any
Oracle database release 8.1.x (or higher)
- 10.0.1 (or higher) recovery catalog schemas can be created
in any Oracle database release 9.0.1 (or higher).
- The RMAN client version must be less than or equal to the
recovery catalog schema version.
- In a perfect world, the RMAN client and target database
versions would be the same; however, the RMAN client version
number cannot be greater than that of the TARGET or AUXILIARY
database.
- The version of an auxiliary database instance must be equal
to the version of the RMAN client.
- For a recovery catalog that is set up as a virtual
private catalog, the RMAN client connecting to it must be at
patch level 10.1.0.6 or 10.2.0.3; however, RMAN clients for
Oracle 9i cannot connect to a virtual private catalog. This
version restriction does not affect RMAN client connections to
an For Oracle Database 11g base recovery catalogs, this version
restriction does not affect RMAN client connection even if the
base catalog has virtual private catalog users.
- When using the Oracle 9i RMAN client to backup an Oracle
Database version 10g or higher, a control file that was created
using COMPATIBLE=10.0.0 in a datafile backup set cannot be
included. The workaround is to turn control file autobackup ON.
- Backup sets and copies created by any Oracle database
released from version Oracle8i on can be restored by any release
of the Oracle database.
Hopefully these clues will help you resolve your compatibility
issue and get rid of the RMAN-06429 error.
