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Oracle backup fails with ANS0282E (RC168) Password file is not available

Troubleshooting


Problem

The backup of the oracle database is failing with:
ANS0282E (RC168) Password file is not available

Symptom

After you run the backup, it fails with following messages:
Channel ch1: starting incremental level 0 data file backup set
Channel ch1: specifying data files in backup set
Input data file number=00003 name=D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TESTONE\SYSAUX01.DBF
Input data file number=00001 name=D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TESTONE\SYSTEM01.DBF
Input data file number=00004 name=D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TESTONE\UNDOTBS01.DBF
Input data file number=00007 name=D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TESTONE\USERS01.DBF
Channel ch1: starting piece 1 at 18-MAY-21

Released channel: ch1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ch1 channel at 10:48:19
ORA-19506: failed to create sequential file, name="hot_bk_1072867504_3_1", parms=""
ORA-27028: skgfqcre: sbtbackup returned error
ORA-19511: non-RMAN, but media manager or vendor-specific failure, error text:
ANS0282E (RC168) Password file is not available.RMAN>

Document Location

Worldwide

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Historical Number

TS005653793

Document Information

Modified date:
19 June 2025

UID

ibm16457797