Marko, Why the "restore database validate check logical" *and* a what appears to be a repeat "restore database validate"? Cheers, Wayne Wayne T Smith - wts@xxxxxxxxx - UMS-ITS-S&O - - "The more directives you issue to solve a problem, the worse it gets" -- Robertson's Rules of Bureaucracy On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Marko Sutic <marko.sutic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote, in part: > Hi Anthony, > I'm also running weekly backup validation but approximately every month I > like to perform actual restore/recover. > > My script for validation: > > run > { > allocate channel c1 device type disk; > restore database validate check logical; > restore database validate; > restore archivelog from time 'sysdate-xxx' validate; > restore validate controlfile to '/tmp/control01.ctl'; > release channel c1; > } > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l