I know our RMAN/Netbackup backups automatically retry 3 times if they fail and we don't do it from the client side - our "Storage/Backup Admins" have it configured on the Netbackup server somehow. Unfortunately I don't have visibility to how they do it, but I know they do. If your backup people still insist it can't be done, let me know and I'll see if I can get some helpful tips from my backup people. Regards, Brandon Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l