How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-20272: no parent backup found for the incremental backup?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-20272: no parent backup found for the incremental backup with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-20272: no parent backup found for the incremental backup

Reason for the Error RMAN-20272: no parent backup found for the incremental backup

no available backup or copy that could be used as the parent of the incremental backup was found in the recovery catalog.

How to fix the Error RMAN-20272: no parent backup found for the incremental backup ?

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

take a level 0 backup or copy of the datafile first