--TARGET DATABASE SQL> select * from V$DATABASE_INCARNATION ; INCARNATION# RESETLOGS_CHANGE# RESETLOGS PRIOR_RESETLOGS_CHANGE# PRIOR_RES STATUS RESETLOGS_ID PRIOR_INCARNATION# ------------ ----------------- --------- ----------------------- --------- ------- ------------ ------------------ 1 1 10-AUG-04 0 PARENT 533845665 0 2 366852 20-JAN-08 1 10-AUG-04 PARENT 644512561 1 3 1417787 29-JAN-08 366852 20-JAN-08 CURRENT 645287485 2 --RMAN DATABASE $ rman catalog rman/rman@tnsrman target sys/sys@tnstest Recovery Manager: Release 10.1.0.3.0 - Production Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. connected to target database: TEST (DBID=1942658987) connected to recovery catalog database RMAN> recover database; Starting recover at 30-JAN-08 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=159 devtype=DISK RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 01/30/2008 10:38:41 RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: RMAN-20021: database not set RMAN-06031: could not translate database keyword