Michael,

Looking for the corruption can be useful, and yes, do dump block #2960,
bearing in mind that block size is displayed in
V$ARCHIVED_LOG.BLOCK_SIZE, and it is not DB_BLOCK_SIZE.

Most importantly however, immediately get a successful full backup of
that database. That new backup is now your *only* protection in case
something happens. And when that backup completes successfully, get
another one as soon as possible, just in case.

Good luck!

-Tim


Michael McMullen wrote:
> Oracle 9.2.0.4
> Sun Solaris 5.8
>
> I got a
> RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 07/12/2006 17:22:08
> ORA-19599: block number 2960 is corrupt in archived log
> /u03/archivelogs/odmdb/odmdb_42856_1.arc
>
> I've dumped the logfile, it's 500Mb. What am I looking for in the logfile
> that would show me why it's corrupted. Do I grep for the block number
> "2960"?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
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