RMAN-03009 when CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON

RMAN> show all;

RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name ORCL are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F_%U';
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 1;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DISK;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/snapcf_ORCL1.f';


Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at Sep 02 2013 16:43:09
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of Control File and SPFILE Autobackup command on ORA_DISK_1 channel at 09/02/2013 16:43:12
ORA-19715: invalid format c for generated name
ORA-27302: failure occurred at: slgpn


but no problem with controlfile autobackup off.


RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP off;

old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete

RMAN> backup current controlfile;

Starting backup at Sep 02 2013 16:59:16
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
including current control file in backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at Sep 02 2013 16:59:20
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at Sep 02 2013 16:59:21
piece handle=+DGFRA/orcl/backupset/2013_09_02/ncnnf0_tag20130902t165916_0.291.825094761 tag=TAG20130902T165916 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
Finished backup at Sep 02 2013 16:59:21


after did some research, realized something wrong with the format, i.e. the full path was not specified.

RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/ctrl_%F';

old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F_%U';
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/ctrl_%F';
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete

RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP on;

old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete

RMAN> backup current controlfile;

Starting backup at Sep 02 2013 17:06:20
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
including current control file in backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at Sep 02 2013 17:06:23
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at Sep 02 2013 17:06:24
piece handle=+DGFRA/orcl/backupset/2013_09_02/ncnnf0_tag20130902t170621_0.555.825095183 tag=TAG20130902T170621 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
Finished backup at Sep 02 2013 17:06:24

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at Sep 02 2013 17:06:24
piece handle=+DGFRA/orcl/ctrl_c-1330909046-20130902-03 comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at Sep 02 2013 17:06:27

RMAN> show all;

RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name ORCL are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/ctrl_%F';
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 1;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*' FORMAT   '+DGRCAT/rmanbak/ORCL2_%U';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DISK;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/snapcf_ORCL1.f';

RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/AUTOBACKUP/%F';

old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/ctrl_%F';
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/AUTOBACKUP/%F';
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete

RMAN> backup database;

Starting backup at Sep 02 2013 17:10:45
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting compressed full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00002 name=+DGDATA/orcl/sysaux01.dbf
input datafile file number=00001 name=+DGDATA/orcl/system01.dbf
input datafile file number=00005 name=+DGDATA/orcl/example01.dbf
input datafile file number=00003 name=+DGDATA/orcl/undotbs01.dbf
input datafile file number=00006 name=+DGDATA/orcl/undotbs02.dbf
input datafile file number=00004 name=+DGDATA/orcl/users01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at Sep 02 2013 17:10:47
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at Sep 02 2013 17:13:02
piece handle=+DGFRA/orcl/backupset/2013_09_02/nnndf0_tag20130902t171045_0.603.825095447 tag=TAG20130902T171045 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:02:15
Finished backup at Sep 02 2013 17:13:02

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at Sep 02 2013 17:13:02
piece handle=+DGFRA/orcl/autobackup/c-1330909046-20130902-05 comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at Sep 02 2013 17:13:06

RMAN> show all;

RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name ORCL are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/AUTOBACKUP/%F';
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 1;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*' FORMAT   '+DGRCAT/rmanbak/ORCL2_%U';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 1 TIMES TO DISK;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '+DGFRA/ORCL/snapcf_ORCL1.f';