RMAN-20300: operation not supported without the recovery catalog
Cause: An operation that requires a recovery catalog was requested, but no recovery catalog is in use.
Action: If a recovery catalog is available, restart RMAN and specify the a connect string for the recovery catalog database via the RCVCAT parameter.
RMAN-20299: DBMS_RCVMAN package not compatible with the recovery catalog
Cause: The version of the recovery catalog tables does not work with this version of the DBMS_RCVMAN package.
Action: Check that the recovery catalog packages and schema are installed correctly. The UPGRADE CATALOG command can be used to upgrade the recovery catalog tables and packages to the most current version.
RMAN-20298: DBMS_RCVCAT package not compatible with the recovery catalog
Cause: The version of the recovery catalog tables does not work with this version of the DBMS_RCVCAT package.
Action: Check that the recovery catalog packages and schema are installed correctly. The UPGRADE CATALOG command can be used to upgrade the recovery catalog tables and packages to the most current version.
RMAN-20280: too many device types
Cause: More than 8 device types were allocated.
Action: Make sure that the job allocates at most 8 different device types.
RMAN-20272: no parent backup found for the incremental backup
Cause: No available backup or copy that could be used as the parent of the incremental backup was found in the recovery catalog.
Action: Take a level 0 backup or copy of the datafile first.
RMAN-20271: invalid incremental cumulative option
Cause: An internal error occurred.
Action: Contact Oracle Support Services.
RMAN-20270: invalid incremental backup level
Cause: An illegal incremental backup level was requested.
Action: Valid incremental backup levels are 1 through 4. Specify a valid level.
RMAN-20261: ambiguous backup piece handle
Cause: More than one backup piece in the recovery catalog match the specified handle.
Action: Use the backup piece key to uniquely specify the backup piece.
RMAN-20260: backup piece not found in the recovery catalog
Cause: The specified backup piece is not in the recovery catalog or it has been marked deleted.
Action: Check the backup piece handle or key.
RMAN-20250: offline range not found in the recovery catalog
Cause: The specified offline was not found in the recovery catalog.
Action: Check that the recovery catalog is current.