How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device

Reason for the Error RMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device

RECOVERY FILES, RECOVERY AREA or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST option was specified in BACKUP command on disk device without specifying TO DESTINATION option.

How to fix the Error RMAN-06603: TO DESTINATION option must be specified with RECOVERY AREA, RECOVERY FILES or DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST on disk device ?

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

Specify TO DESTINATION option and retry the command.