ORA-15129: Entry 'CONTROLFILE' Does Not Refer To A Valid Directory (Doc ID 3069193.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 06, 2025

Applies to:

Symptoms

Configuring RMAN SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE to +FLASH ASM diskgroup existing directory throws error on +FLASH diskgroup

RMAN> CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '+FLASH/<DBNAME>/snapcf_dbname.f';

old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '+DATA/<DBNAME>/snapcf_dbname..f';
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '+FLASH/<DBNAME>/snapcf_dbname..f';
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored

RMAN> backup current controlfile;

Starting backup at
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_1
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: SID=596 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: for Oracle - Release 10.4 (2024031910)
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_2
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_2: SID=692 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_2:  for Oracle - Release 10.4 (2024031910)
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_3
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_3: SID=791 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_3:   for Oracle - Release 10.4 (2024031910)
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_4
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_4: SID=888 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_4:   Oracle - Release 10.4 (2024031910)
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 channel at 11/28/2024 10:31:55
ORA-01580: error creating control backup file +FLASH/<DBNAME>/snapcf_dbname..f
ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file +FLASH/<DBNAME>/snapcf_dbname.f
ORA-15129: entry 'CONTROLFILE' does not refer to a valid directory◄▬▬▬▬▬▬

RMAN> exit

Changes

 New installation

Cause

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