My RMAN Oracle Database Backups are failing

Issue/Symptom/Question

Backup email contains Skipping rsync due to error validating remote mount point 

Backup copy failure

Environment

Database backups

Windows Share

Linux server root privileges

Resolution/Fix/Answer

The database backups are configured to write to a Windows Share and that share is no longer mounted on the Linux server.

If you experience this problem please submit a Service Desk ticket and reference this article.