How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-20006: target database name is missing?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-20006: target database name is missing with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-20006: target database name is missing

Reason for the Error RMAN-20006: target database name is missing

target database instance is not started or db_name initialization parameter is not set

How to fix the Error RMAN-20006: target database name is missing ?

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

startup the instance and make sure that db_name parameter is set