Tuesday, March 8, 2011

RMAN-04005, ORA-01017

rman catalog=rmanDB/rmanDB@rman target=sys/syspw@DB

Recovery Manager: Release 9.2.0.6.0 - 64bit Production

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RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00554: initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
RMAN-04005: error from target database:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied


the password in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs is wrong.
go and delete the file orapwDB
recreate it using correct password

bounce the database

and retry the rman command