Hi I have RMAN backing up our project databases with RMAN and the flashback recovery area. We want to backup our flash back recovery area backupsets to a remote disk location for pickup on a standard file system backup. If anyone can shed some light as my google research has come up blind, maybe I just havent asked it the right question. Is it possible. There is a much bigger backup strategy to go into place with a robot library etc, but that is to happen later. The databases are on 10.2.0.2 Thanks for any assistance. Cheers -- Peter McLarty Database Administrator Student System Upgrade Project Central Queensland University Email: p.mclarty@xxxxxxxxxx Phone: 07 4923 2797 Fax: 07 4923 2721 Mobile: 04 0209 4238 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l