You are right the problem was I didn't have a tnsnames.ora file. Once I created it and put an entry for the database in it. RMAN worked. Thank You!
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I get the following error:
Recovery Manager: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
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RMAN-00571: ==========================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ==========================
RMAN-00554: initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
RMAN-04005: error from target database:
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
I don't know how to resolve this error. The listener and the database are running.
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by: ploubierPosted on 2006-10-24 at 08:24:15ID: 17796581
Assuming OS authentification is enabled, you just have to set your environment variable ORACLE_SID on the database server, then :
n and configure host, port and service to reach.
rman target /
If you wish to use Oracle Net authentification, or if you must connect from a remote client (not directly on the DB server), you have to edit the file TNSNAMES.ORA located in <ORACLE_HOME>/network/admi