Removing Rman Catalog from oracle backups

[bcsupport]

Looking for advise on how to remove RMAN catalog recovery and just using the local oracle backups.   Our RMAN Catalog server died and we are in the process of getting rid of our oracle servers, but until they are gone we just want to do backup without involving RMAN catalog

We have an applicance running 4.1.0.1 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

[Nicolai · Accepted solution]

You call RMAN with the nocatalog option.

But not using a RMAN catalogue has its drawbacks. If you use RMAN nocatalog option, backup information will be written to the control file. If you lose all copies of the control file, you also lose the option to restore. Pls consult the DBA maintaining the Oracle databases, so you agree on the risk.

[bcsupport]

Thank you for the quick response.  I will consult with our DBA on this and discuss the risks.