Just some comments about RMAN expiration process:
1) you need to register each database in RMAN catalog;
2) just to be sure you need to set recovery window for each database as oracle 
owner user (for example, to have 31 day recovery window):

#!/bin/sh
#
export ORACLE_SID=ifns
export ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=`grep "ifns:" /etc/oratab | head -n1 | cut -f2 -d":"`
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
#
# Configure backup policy
rman <<EOF
#
# Connect to Recovery Manager Catalog Database
connect catalog $RC_USER/$RC_PASSWORD@$RC_SERVICE;
#
# Connect to target database
connect target;
#
# Set retention policy
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 31 DAYS;
#
EOF

3) perform some daily purging for each database like:

#!/bin/sh
#
export ORACLE_SID=ifns
export ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=`grep "ifns:" /etc/oratab | head -n1 | cut -f2 -d":"`
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
#
# Backup database, archived logs and control file
rman <<EOF
#
# Connect to Recovery Manager Catalog Database
connect catalog $RC_USER/$RC_PASSWORD@$RC_SERVICE;
#
# Connect to target database
connect target;
#
# To maintain backups
run {
#
# Allocate channel for maintenance
allocate channel for maintenance type 'sbt_tape' parms
        'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/home/oracle/admin/tdpo/$1.opt)';
#
# Report unrecoverable data files
report unrecoverable database;
#
# Report data files required backup according to retention policy
report need backup database;
#
# Report number of redundant backups
report need backup redundancy 7 database;
#
# Report number of incremental backups
report need backup incremental=0 database;
#
# Delete obsolete backups
delete noprompt obsolete;
#
# Release TSM channel
release channel;
#
exit
EOF

4) periodically run cross-check procedure against RMAN and TDPO:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Cross-check Recovery Catalog and TSM database
#
# Input parameters:
#   1 - database SID.
#
export ORACLE_SID=$1
export ORACLE_HOME=`grep "$1:" /etc/oratab | head -n1 | cut -f2 -d":"`
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
#
#######################################################################
# Remove expired datafiles, control files and archived redo log files #
#######################################################################
rman <<EOF
#
# Connect to Recovery Catalog database
connect catalog $RC_USER/$RC_PASSWORD@$RC_SERVICE;
#
# Connect to target database
connect target;
#
# Allocate channel for maintenance
allocate channel for maintenance type 'sbt_tape' parms
        'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/home/oracle/admin/tdpo/$1.opt)';
#
# Set date and time format
sql 'alter session set NLS_DATE_FORMAT = "YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS"';
#
# Resynchronize catalog
resync catalog;
#
# List database incarnations
list incarnation;
#
# List backups
list backup summary;
#
# Crosscheck backups
crosscheck backup;
#
# List expired backups
list expired backup summary;
#
# Delete expired backups
delete noprompt expired backup;
#
# Delete obsolete backups
delete noprompt obsolete;
#
# Release channel
release channel;
#
# Allocate channel for maintenance
allocate channel for maintenance type disk;
#
# Check archived logs on disk
crosscheck archivelog all;
#
# Remove obsolete archived redo logs
delete noprompt expired archivelog all;
#
# Release channel
release channel;
#
exit;
EOF

So, everything is not very simple, but after correct configuration everything 
is working fine for many years.
Good luck!

Grigori G. Solonovitch
Senior Technical Architect  Ahli United Bank Kuwait  www.ahliunited.com.kw

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Remco Post
Sent: 08 06 2012 11:47 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] RMAN Options Unix

Hi,

you definitely don't need any excludes.

normally you don't need any includes, only if you need some special management 
class for some databases, because they go into another storage pool, will you 
need any. R/man manages expiration for all log archives and all backups.

On 8 jun. 2012, at 20:36, Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT wrote:

> We are setting up our first Oracle RMAN nodes.
> The part we are not sure about are the include and excludes.  Are there any 
> include and excludes we should use?  These are AIX and x86 Linux Oracle 
> servers.
>
> Andy Huebner
>
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