RMAN-06059: expected archived log not found

Sometimes our RMAN archive log backups hit with following RMAN-06059 error.

sent command to channel: Disk1
Starting backup at 26-JAN-2000 11:04:32
current log archived
released channel: Disk1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 01/26/2010 11:05:30
RMAN-06059: expected archived log not found, lost of archived log compromises recoverability
ORA-19625: error identifying file /u01/ABCDPR/arch/ABCDPR_434345355_1_661.arc
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:4 Failed to open file /u01/ABCDPR/arch/ABCDPR_434345355_1_661.arc
ORA-17500: ODM err:File does not exist
RMAN>

Solution

We have two option here
(a) When the missing archive is needed
(b) When the missing archive can be ignored or not needed

When the missing archive is needed

In case the missing archive is needed, we need to restore the archive from OS backup to the same location where the RMAN is looking for
or
We can restore it in any location and then catalog it using

catalog start with <location>
Ex
catalog start with "/tmp"

RMAN would read all the files in the location and catalog it.

When the missing archive can be ignored or not needed

If the archive log is not needed, we can delete it from catalog and proceed with the backup

export ORACLE_SID=ABCDPR1
$rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue Dec 6 11:36:11 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: ABCDPR (DBID=76474531740)
RMAN> connect rcvcat rman_username/[email protected]
connected to recovery catalog database
RMAN> crosscheck archivelog all;
RMAN> Delete noprompt archivelog expired;

Then rerun the RMAN backup again and it should complete successfully with out any issues.

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