How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-06522: KEEP FOREVER option is not supported without the recovery catalog?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-06522: KEEP FOREVER option is not supported without the recovery catalog with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-06522: KEEP FOREVER option is not supported without the recovery catalog

Reason for the Error RMAN-06522: KEEP FOREVER option is not supported without the recovery catalog

The KEEP FOREVER option was used, but it requires a connection to a recovery catalog database. The KEEP FOREVER option cannot be used when the backup repository is the target database control file. This is because information about this backup cannot be permanently stored. (If information is stored just in the control file it will be aged out depending on CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME initialization parameter.)

How to fix the Error RMAN-06522: KEEP FOREVER option is not supported without the recovery catalog ?

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

If a recovery catalog database is available, then connect to the recovery catalog and retry the command, otherwise use a different KEEP option. 6523, 1, “unused”