On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Blanchard William < William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would much rather use an incremental strategy with compressed > backupsets. However, I'm limited by what the other DBAs will agree to > (we currently use cold and hot user-managed backups). > > Interesting. What is the justification for cold backups? -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist