Good point Jared. In my case that would not work as we rely mostly on control file info. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:41 PM To: averma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Controlfile Section 28 - denied expansion of controlfile On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Amit Verma (IT - Otterbase) <averma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I can't set the control_file_record_keep_time (currently set to 45) to 0 since I have my RMAN retention set to 45 days. As you are using a recovery catalog database, why not set control_file_record_keep_time to a lower value? The catalog will still have the backup information, even if the controlfile does not. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com