cleaning up old rman entries to tape
Hi I have these obsolete entries that were stored on tape.
RMAN> report obsolete;
RMAN retention policy will be applied to the command
RMAN retention policy is set to recovery window of 7 days
Report of obsolete backups and copies
Type Key Completion Time Filename/Handle
-------------------- ------ ------------------ --------------------
Backup Set 12455 19-SEP-13
Backup Piece 12655 19-SEP-13 BE_k2ok95j4_1_1
Backup Set 12459 20-SEP-13
Backup Piece 12659 20-SEP-13 BE_k6ok9fmc_1_1
However, the client has cancelled the contract with this vendor and uninstalled the tape software.
So I try to force delete:
RMAN> delete force noprompt obsolete;
RMAN retention policy will be applied to the command
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