Dale,

You explanation of the environment might need a bit of clarification but I
will make some guesses for now. If you are running Oracle 9.2, that
version of Oracle is 64bit (Oracle dropped 32bit AIX with 9i) and therefor
you will need to make sure that your Data Protection for Oracle and your
TSM API (comes with DP for Oracle package) are 64bit. It does not matter
what your kernel mode is set to, the Oracle and DP for Oracle have to be
the same architecture. Once you verify that you will need to make sure
that your linking is set correctly as explained below.

The most common problems are due to the name of the Data Protection for
Oracle library (/usr/lib/libobk64.a). Regardless of whether Oracle is
32bit or 64bit it expects this library name to be the same
(/usr/lib/libobk.a)  - we chose this naming to allow for both 32 bit and
64bit Oracle to be installed on the same machine. You have several options
at this point:

You can rename the link  /usr/lib/libobk64.a  to /usr/lib/libobk.a and
that should allow Oracle to easily find the library.
You can make the link $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libobk.a -> /usr/lib/libobk64.a and
then  "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib;$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
Or, you can make the link $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libobk.a ->
/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/libobk64.a and then "export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib;$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

I am sure that my explanations are a bit vague. If you want more detailed
information please go to link below as there are many documents that
explain in more detail this and other potential gotchas. Hope this helps.

http://www-3.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/


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Date:    Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:47:39 -0600
From:    Dale Gieseke <Dale.Gieseke AT TORO DOT COM>
Subject: TDPO V5.2 with RMAN setup

Greeting all,
My DBAs are having a problem with TDP for Oracle version 5.2. Was hoping =
someone would be able shed some light on our problem. Thanks in advance =
for any informantion you can provide.
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Environment:
TSM server 5.1.7.2 (on AIX 5.1 32bit kernel)
Oracle 9.2 and TDPO 5.2 (on AIX 5.1 32bit kernel)
TSM client V5.1.6.9 32bit
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Dale Gieseke=20
TSM administrator
The Toro Company
dale.gieseke AT toro DOT com
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Following is the error information from my DBAs:
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RMAN>configure channel 1 device type sbt format 'orc_%d_%t';
RMAN>configure channel 1 device type sbt PARMS
'ENV=3D(TDPO_OPTFILE=3D/orac=
le/admin/rman/optfile/tdpo_osmt.opt)';
RMAN> backup database;
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Starting backup at 27-OCT-03
RMAN-00571:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
RMAN-00569: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ERROR MESSAGE =
STACK FOLLOWS =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
RMAN-00571:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 10/27/2003 10:23:03
ORA-19554: error allocating device, device type: SBT_TAPE, device name:=20
ORA-27211: Failed to load Media Management Library
Additional information: 8
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>sbttest test
The sbt function pointers are loaded from oracle.static library.
libobk.a(shr.o) could not be loaded.  Check that it is installed
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=97------------------------------------------------------------------------=
------------------------
RMAN>allocate channel x1 type 'sbt_tape'
2> PARMS=3D"SBT_LIBRARY=3Doracle.disksbt,
3> ENV=3D(BACKUP_DIR=3D/oracle/DBAQ/archlog)";
4> backup database;
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This runs fine.


Regards,

Neil Rasmussen
Software Development
TDP for Oracle
rasmussn AT us.ibm DOT com