While creating a catalog for the database, received below error.

RMAN-07539: insufficient privileges to create or upgrade the catalog schema

 

RMAN> connect target sys/oracle#1234@ARCDB

connected to target database: ARCDB (DBID=605774762)


RMAN> connect  catalog RMAN_st/rman@catlogdb

connected to recovery catalog database

RMAN> create catalog

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-07539: insufficient privileges to create or upgrade the catalog schema
Solution:

Connect to catalog db and run the script dbmsrmansys.sql and dbmsrmanvpc.sql

oracle@ilmarcprd:~$ sqlplus sys/oracle@catalogdb as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Thu May 12 14:35:52 2016

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.


Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

SQL> select name from v$database;

NAME
---------
CATALOGDB


SQL>  @?/rdbms/admin/dbmsrmansys.sql
alter session set "_ORACLE_SCRIPT" = true
                  *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02248: invalid option for ALTER SESSION

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Grant succeeded.
Grant succeeded.
Grant succeeded.
Grant succeeded.
Grant succeeded.
Grant succeeded.
Grant succeeded.
Grant succeeded.

alter session set "_ORACLE_SCRIPT" = false
                  *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02248: invalid option for ALTER SESSION


SQL>
SQL>
SQL>  @?/rdbms/admin/dbmsrmanvpc.sql

Checking the operating user... Passed

Usage: dbmsrmanvpc.sql  [...]
       dbmsrmanvpc.sql -all

This script performs an upgrade of RMAN base catalog and corresponding
VPC users schemas to a new VPD model.  RMAN base catalog schema names
have to be supplied as command line parameters.  Up to 10 schema names
can be supplied per script execution.  When -all is specified the
script attempts to detect the RMAN base catalog schemas automatically
Now try to create the catalog, it should work.
oracle@ilmarcprd:~$ sqlplus sys/oracle@oracat as sysdba
oracle@ilmarcprd:~$
oracle@ilmarcprd:~$ rman

Recovery Manager: Release 12.1.0.2.0 - Production on Thu May 12 14:36:39 2016

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.

RMAN> connect target sys/oracle#1234@ARCDB

connected to target database: ARCDB (DBID=605774762)

RMAN>  connect  catalog catalog RMAN_st/rman@catlogdb

connected to recovery catalog database

RMAN> create catalog

recovery catalog created

RMAN> register database;

database registered in recovery catalog
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete