ORA-19599 When backing up an archivelog that is corrupt [ID 461239.1]

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 10.2.0.1.0
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

Getting error when backing up archivelogs:

RMAN-03015: error occurred in stored script backup_al_all_tape_dwdb2
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on t1 channel at 10/03/2007 12:29:13
ORA-19599: block number 2181011 is corrupt in archived log /ora/dwdb2.
a1000/dwdb/arch/dwdb_2_9482.arc

Cause

Oracle through rman is finding corruption in archivelog file:
/ora/dwdb2.a1000/dwdb/arch/dwdb_2_9482.arc

Solution

There is no real good workaround for this problem, the maxcorrupt syntax in
rman only applies to datafiles, so you will need to do this in order to get
your backup to work:

1. rename the problem archivelog at the filesystem level
2. RMAN> crosscheck archivelog all;
3. RMAN> delete expired archivelog all;

Make sure that you have a good backup of the database.