<grin> Thanks for the info, Mladen; I'll check into it. Nah, I don't think you're wierd. I was just trying get your attention. :>) --Walt -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Mladen Gogala Sent: Sat 3/6/2004 2:07 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: Re: A wierd RMAN problem. Even wierder than Mladen On 03/06/2004 03:51:19 PM, "Weaver, Walt" wrote: > I killed the RMAN job and everything returned to normal. > > So, why would I see so many LOCAL=NO processes but nothing in v$session? >Could it be a listener thing? What could RMAN possibly be doing? One possibility is that the backup script contains "CROSSCHECK BACKUP", which can be extremely resource-intensive. Another possibility is that Veritas tries to resync catalog to be sure that the database structure in the catalog is up to date. AFAIK, NetBackup keeps detailed logs. Can you check just what commands were executed? I'm not even going to ask why am I "weird"? -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------