BR0279E Return code 5

[Former Member]

Dear All,

sometime ( not always ) backup oracle online_cons goes in error (red alert - return code 5 in dbacockpit ); analyzing the error i found this issue in the related brbackup log file :

BR0202I Saving init_ora BR0203I to B:\oracle\***\sapbackup\*** ... BR0278E Command output of 'K: && cd K:\oracle\***\sapprof && K:\usr\sap\***\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\brtools.exe -f copyfile B:\oracle\***\sapbackup\*** init***.ora spfile***.ora': 1 file(s) copied. The system cannot find the file specified. BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2020-10-18 21.00.08 BR0279E Return code from 'K: && cd K:\oracle\***\sapprof && K:\usr\sap\***\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\brtools.exe -f copyfile B:\oracle\***\sapbackup\*** init***.ora spfile***.ora': 5 BR0222E Copying init_ora to/from B:\oracle\***\sapbackup\*** failed due to previous errors BR0056I End of database backup: bfexyqfc.and 2020-10-18 21.00.08

*** = <sid del sistema> I have subtituted the SID with ***

Platform oracle/windows

Any Idea to solve this issue ?

Best regards.

[janos_mucsi-besze]

Which Patch Level and Version do you use? There was a Bug in older Patch Levels which failed with this. But now this is already addressed in the latest Patch Level.

In any case, is the permission okay for the spfile? Whoc is starting up the Database Instance and the Windows Service?