When trying to backup a database that was previously restored the backup will fail unless this
procedure has been applied to rman catalog.
$ . oraenv
$ORACLE_SID
$ rman target / catalog user/passwd@CATDB
RMAN> reset database;
RMAN> list incarnation;
List of Database Incarnations
DB Key Inc Key DB Name DB ID CUR Reset SCN Reset Time
------- ------- -------- ---------------- --- ---------- ----------
10697 10698 DBNAME 1921873525 NO 37650 03-JUL-01
10697 12012 DBNAME 1921873525 YES 39457 03-AUG-01
RMAN> reset database to incarnation 10698;
RMAN> list incarnation;
DB Key Inc Key DB Name DB ID CUR Reset SCN Reset Time
------- ------- -------- ---------------- --- ---------- ----------
10697 10698 DBNAME 1921873525 YES 37650 03/07/2001 11:45:58
10697 12012 DBNAME 1921873525 NO 39457 03/08/2001 17:09:52
RMAN> list incarnation of database DBNAME;
List of Database Incarnations
DB Key Inc Key DB Name DB ID CUR Reset SCN Reset Time
------- ------- -------- ---------------- --- ---------- ----------
34109 34110 DBNAME 2492487887 NO 5231515755020 14-MAY-02
34109 35570 DBNAME 2492487887 YES 5231515763720 25-JUN-02
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