Sometimes you end up with missing archive logs for whatever reason, and RMAN backup fails.
Running crosscheck will fix the problem.
$ rman
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Sep 1 10:05:02 2010
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RMAN> connect target /
connected to target database: [SID] (DBID=[DBID])
RMAN> crosscheck archivelog all;
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