How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-06420: some files could not be proxy restored – aborting restore?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-06420: some files could not be proxy restored – aborting restore with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-06420: some files could not be proxy restored – aborting restore

Reason for the Error RMAN-06420: some files could not be proxy restored – aborting restore

Some of the files to be restored could not be restored by the media management software used by the target database. Message 6419 is issued for each file that cannot be restored.

How to fix the Error RMAN-06420: some files could not be proxy restored – aborting restore ?

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

Contact the media management vendor if you believe that the media management software should support proxy copy of these files. The CROSSCHECK or CHANGE commands can be used to remove these proxy copies from the catalog to prevent the RESTORE command from trying to restore from them.