How to delete failed Oracle RMAN backups ?

Failed Oracle Database backups will increase the utilization size of “tape library” or “data domain” or “ZFS storage”
Deleting those failed/unnecessary  backups immediately will resolve space issues ,and billing related issues.

Step 1 ) get the list of backup sets from List backp database;

Step 2) Prepare the script to delete the archive logs.

Step 3) run the script after connecting to rman target .

Note : No catalog connection is required.

Step 4) crosscheck backup;

See also

• RMAN-03002: failure of delete command
• Oracle Database backup configurations.
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