When setting up a RMAN backup to tape i encountered the following issue on a Oracle 9.2 database (not sure if it applies to older database versions; i´d say no…):
RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== ORA-07217: sltln: environment variable cannot be evaluated.
It turned out the script used to start the rman backup was the problem:
connect target /
connect catalog rman/rman@catalog
run {
backup database;
}
After changing the target connection line to include the username, password and TNS connect string the backup ran fine:
connect target sys/sys@database
connect catalog rman/rman@catalog
run {
backup database;
}