RMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device

 

RMAN> backup recovery area;

Starting backup at 24-MAY-25

using channel ORA_DISK_1

specification does not match any datafile copy in the repository

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 05/24/2025 13:47:36

RMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device

RMAN> backup recovery files;

Starting backup at 24-MAY-25

using channel ORA_DISK_1

specification does not match any datafile copy in the repository

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 05/24/2025 13:47:50

RMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device

Note : we have to specify the destination directory path where we need to take backup 

BACKUP RECOVERY AREA TO DESTINATION 'u01/app/oracle/backup';