OCI - Unable To Configure Exadata Database Backups by Using bkup_api : Error: corereg: Multiple registry files found in registry location /var/opt/oracle/creg (Doc ID 2576962.1)

Last updated on MAY 31, 2020

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Symptoms

Trying to configure backup for database PRODDB failing with error

Following documentation on https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Database/Tasks/exabackingupBKUPAPI.htm

The step 5 fails with the error:  ERROR: Error: corereg: Multiple registry files found in registry location /var/opt/oracle/creg

Step 5: Use the following command to install the backup configuration, configure the credentials, schedule the backup, and associate the configuration with a database name.

[bkup]# ./bkup -cfg PRODDB_bkup.cfg --dbname=PRODDB
Starting BKUP
Logfile is /var/opt/oracle/log/bkup/bkup_2019-07-19_13:14:07.222427130781.log
[bkup]# ls -lrt /var/opt/oracle/log/bkup/bkup_2019-07-19_13:14:07.222427130781.log
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall 1010 Jul 19 13:14 /var/opt/oracle/log/bkup/bkup_2019-07-19_13:14:07.222427130781.log
[bkup]# tail -f /var/opt/oracle/log/bkup/bkup_2019-07-19_13:14:07.222427130781.log
2019-07-19 13:14:07.600336 - Logfile is /var/opt/oracle/log/bkup/bkup_2019-07-19_13:14:07.222427130781.log
2019-07-19 13:14:07.607748 - ERROR: Error: corereg: Multiple registry files found in registry location /var/opt/oracle/creg
at /var/opt/oracle/ocde/assistants/bkup/../../../perl_lib/DBAAS/corereg.pm line 1226
  corereg::_get_dbname('creg=HASH(0x2f28be0)') called at /var/opt/oracle/ocde/assistants/bkup/../../../perl_lib/DBAAS/creg.pm line 206
  creg::new('creg') called at /var/opt/oracle/ocde/assistants/bkup/../../../perl_lib/DBAAS/Common.pm line 183
  Common::init('Common=HASH(0x30873b0)', 'HASH(0x3087620)') called at ./bkup line 705
  main::init() called at ./bkup line 507
  eval {...} called at ./bkup line 506

Changes

 Exadata environment migration was done from OCI Classic to OCI.

 This database was created using cloud console.

 The method to configure automatic backups from console was not attempted. 

Cause

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