rman backup setup
i have created a test database on my local desktop on windows platform. i would like to setup the rman backup for the database and use the rman utility. Can you please assist the steps to setup the rman backup. i tried many ways but getting the below error while executing the command. can someone please assist and help
RMAN> backup database;
Starting backup at 21-OCT-10
RMAN-00571: =========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============
RMAN-00571: =========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 10/21/2010 11:12:23
RMAN-03014: implicit resync of recovery catalog failed
RMAN-06171: not connected to target database
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Oct 21 09:53:09 2010