New problem. A reserved word was used to name one of the tablespaces I want to skip. Turns out I need only two tablespaces to recover the data and those restored just fine. The duplicate fails when I try to skip the reserved word tablespace. It also fails when I include it because the backup file needed is no longer on disk. What options do I have now? The only article I've found on Metalink so far just says not to use reserved words for tablespace names. A little late for that. I have renamed the tablespace but that doesn't help me right now. Sandy Transzap, Inc.