How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-06445: cannot connect to recovery catalog after NOCATALOG has been used?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-06445: cannot connect to recovery catalog after NOCATALOG has been used with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-06445: cannot connect to recovery catalog after NOCATALOG has been used

Reason for the Error RMAN-06445: cannot connect to recovery catalog after NOCATALOG has been used

The CONNECT CATALOG command was used after the user had already specified the NOCATALOG option.

How to fix the Error RMAN-06445: cannot connect to recovery catalog after NOCATALOG has been used ?

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

Re-start rman if you wish to use a recovery catalog.