"RMAN-07517: The File Header Is Corrupted Restoring Files on Another Server

Posted by PDSERVICE on Mar 08, 2020 In

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 to 12.2 BETA1 [Release 11.2 to 12.2]

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later

Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later

Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later

Information in this document applies to any platform.

SYMPTOMS

Using RMAN to backup/restore datafiles from one server to another (same OS, same endianness) fails

RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted

CAUSE

The source Production database, has a 32KB tablespace and an initialisation parameter defined for db_32k_cache_size,

but the target pfile didn't have the parameter db_32k_cache_size defined.

SOLUTION

Set in the pfile/spfile of the target db_32k_cache_size.

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