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

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

Cause:

You cannot use keep clause in no catalog database

RMAN> run
2> {
3> backup as compressed backupset database keep forever;
4> backup current controlfile;
5> }

Starting backup at 03-AUG-21

using channel ORA_DISK_1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 08/03/2021 23:19:32
RMAN-06522: KEEP FOREVER option is not supported without the recovery catalog

Workaround:

Connect to a catalog database and use keep clause

[oracle@orcl19x ~]$ rman target / catalog rcat/password@orcl19x1

Recovery Manager: Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production on Tue Aug 3 23:36:30 2021
Version 19.3.0.0.0

Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.

connected to target database: ORCL19X1 (DBID=2012336792)
connected to recovery catalog database

Then backup runs successfully

RMAN> run
{
backup as compressed backupset database keep forever;
backup current controlfile;
}

Below is the message indicate keep clause purpose

allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=105 device type=DISK
backup will never be obsolete
archived logs required to recover from this backup will be backed up

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