Hi Terry, two things come to mind. How are the archivelog files being
handled (i.e. are they being bundled into the backup, perhaps without
a delete?) and does v$session_longops reveal any clues when the
backup is running?
Andy Rivenes arivenes@xxxxxxxx
I'm having some issues with a client's RMAN backup. They're on Oracle 8.1.7.4, Solaris 8. It's a weekly full backup, and they're backing up ~1.5TB to disk, and the longer the instance is up, the longer the backup takes. A recent progression has been: