OCI:RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "clear": expecting one of: "auxiliary connect, format, for, maxopenfiles, maxpiecesize, parms, rate, send, to, comma, ;" (Doc ID 2922031.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 22, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A to N/A [Release 1.0]
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Symptoms

12.1.0.2 RMAN backups are failing with

Recovery Manager: Release 12.1.0.2.0 - Production on Tue Jan 17 12:00:55 2023

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connected to target database: <DB name>(DBID=1268661241)

RMAN> set echo on;
2> CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/u01_new/Full_Backup/<DB name>/%d_%T_%t_%s_%p' CLEAR;
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "clear": expecting one of: "auxiliary, connect, format, for, maxopenfiles, maxpiecesize, parms, rate, send, to, comma, ;"
RMAN-01007: at line 2 column 92 file: /tmp/dcsserver/rman/rman2023-01-17_12-00-55-8554931355317917736.rman

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OCI:RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "clear": expecting one of: "auxiliary connect, format, for, maxopenfiles, maxpiecesize, parms, rate, send, to, comma, ;" (Doc ID 2922031.1)

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