How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-05505: auxiliary file name conversion of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-05505: auxiliary file name conversion of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-05505: auxiliary file name conversion of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string

Reason for the Error RMAN-05505: auxiliary file name conversion of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string

When the given file name is converted to the name used for the auxiliary database, the converted name is larger than the maximum allowed file name.

How to fix the Error RMAN-05505: auxiliary file name conversion of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Change initialization parameter DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT to convert to a valid file name.