Ray,
the way we do this is within a script:
1 step ) we run rman with report obsolete redundancy = NUMBER;
and create a file from the output
2) take the output file from step 1, read out the backuppieces and call
rman with change backuppiece PIECENAME delete;

If you want I can mail you this AIX ksh-script

herfried




Ray Baughman <rbaughman AT NATIONALMACHINERY DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 
13.03.2000
20:14:40

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Subject:  Oracle Agent and Archivelogs


Hi All

We are backing up Oracle with the connect agent and do periodical backups
of
the archivelogs.  We have been doing this for sometime.  I have just
recently discovered that we have all of our archivelogs dating back to last
July on tape.  Does any one know how I can delete them.  Rman still has all
of them listed.  How can I have Rman mark them as obsolete?

Ray Baughman
National Machinery Co.
Phone:   419-443-2257
Fax:     419-443-2376
Email:   rbaughman AT nationalmachinery DOT com