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One of our customer has been initially creating a RMAN catalog on an Oracle database release 12.1.0.2.0 and was now intending to register new Oracle 12.2.0.1.0 databases.<\/p>\n

Registering the databases will be failing with errors\u00a0:<\/p>\n

PL\/SQL package RCAT.DBMS_RCVCAT version 12.01.00.02 in RCVCAT database is too old\nRMAN-06429: RCVCAT database is not compatible with this version of RMAN\n<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
The problem is coming from the catalog version that needs to be at least equal or higher than the database version to register. I had been then wondering if we are talking about the version of the catalog database itself or the version of the catalog.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, in most of the cases a catalog database upgrade is not needed and a catalog upgrade is enough.<\/p>\n
RMAN Compatibility Matrix (Doc ID 73431.1) MOS Note will provide the below compatibility matrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Target\/Auxiliary
\nDatabase<\/strong><\/td>\n		RMAN Executable<\/strong><\/td>\nCatalog Database<\/strong><\/td>\nCatalog Schema<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.1.7.4<\/td>\n8.1.7.4<\/td>\n>=8.1.7 < 12C<\/td>\n8.1.7.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.1.7.4<\/td>\n8.1.7.4<\/td>\n>=8.1.7 < 12C<\/td>\n>=9.0.1.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.0.1<\/td>\n9.0.1<\/td>\n>=8.1.7 < 12C<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.2.0<\/td>\n>=9.0.1.3 and <= Target database<\/td>\n>=8.1.7 < 12C<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.1.0.5<\/td>\n>=10.1.0.5 and <= Target database<\/td>\n>=10.1.0.5<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.2.0<\/td>\n>=10.1.0.5 and <= target database<\/td>\n>=10.1.0.5<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.1.0<\/td>\n>=10.1.0.5 and <= target database<\/td>\n>=10.2.0.3 (note 1)<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.2.0<\/td>\n>=10.1.0.5 and <= target database<\/td>\n>=10.2.0.3 (note 1)<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
>=12.1.0.x<\/td>\n= target database executable<\/td>\n>=10.2.0.3<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.1<\/td>\n= target database executable<\/td>\n>=10.2.0.3<\/td>\n>= RMAN executable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
So, in our case, we will connect from the database to be registered (R12.2.0.1.0) in order to :<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Check the release of the catalog\n
    dbiservices@<server_name>:C:Windowssystem32 [DB_NAME] sqlplus <catalog_user>\/<pwd>@<catalog_TNS>\n\nSQL*Plus: Release 12.2.0.1.0 Production on Thu Aug 16 14:50:08 2018\n\nConnected to:\n\nOracle Database 12c Standard Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production\n\nSQL> select * from rcver;\n\nVERSION\n\n------------\n\n12.01.00.02<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Upgrade the catalog version\n
    dbiservices@<server_name>:C:Windowssystem32 [DB_NAME] rman target \/ catalog <catalog_user>\/<pwd>@<catalog_TNS>\n\nRecovery Manager: Release 12.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Aug 16 14:52:15 2018\n\nconnected to target database: ARGOSP (DBID=469810750)\n\nconnected to recovery catalog database\n\nPL\/SQL package <catalog_user>.DBMS_RCVCAT version 12.01.00.02. in RCVCAT database is too old\n\nRMAN> upgrade catalog;\n\nrecovery catalog owner is <catalog_user>\n\nenter UPGRADE CATALOG command again to confirm catalog upgrade\n\nRMAN> upgrade catalog;\n\nrecovery catalog upgraded to version 12.02.00.01\n\nDBMS_RCVMAN package upgraded to version 12.02.00.01\n\nDBMS_RCVCAT package upgraded to version 12.02.00.01.<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Check the release of the catalog<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    dbiservices@<server_name>:C:Windowssystem32 [DB_NAME] sqlplus <catalog_user>\/<pwd>@<catalog_TNS>\n\nSQL*Plus: Release 12.2.0.1.0 Production on Thu Aug 16 14:50:08 2018\n\nConnected to:\n\nOracle Database 12c Standard Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production\n\nSQL> select * from rcver;\n\nVERSION\n\n------------\n\n12.02.00.01<\/pre>\n
     <\/p>\n
    Database registration will then be successful:<\/p>\n
    RMAN> register database;\n\ndatabase registered in recovery catalog\n\nstarting full resync of recovery catalog\n\nfull resync complete<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    One of our customer has been initially creating a RMAN catalog on an Oracle database release 12.1.0.2.0 and was now intending to register new Oracle 12.2.0.1.0 databases. 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