RMAN-05541: No Archived Logs Found in Target Database

Issue: RMAN-05541: no archived logs found in target database.

When performing a RMAN Database duplication, I get the following error:

RMAN-03002: failure of Duplicate Db command at 07/30/2013 09:39:05
RMAN-05501: aborting duplication of target database
RMAN-05541: no archived logs found in target database

Cause:

• Target database may not be in the archivelog mode before taking backup so first check it.
• Sometimes Database in archived log mode, but control file did not have any archived log records. 

Solution:

Enable archivelog mode and perform log switch before backup.

sql> alter database archivelog;


SQL> archive log list
Database log mode              Archive Mode
Automatic archival             Enabled
Archive destination            D:\app\SantoshTiwari\oradata\arc
Oldest online log sequence  
Next log sequence to archive  
Current log sequence        


SQL> alter system archive log current;

System altered.