Hi All I made a 9i RMAN backup (using controlfile, not catalog) an put the backupieces on disk: rman target / nocatalog run { set controlfile autobackup format for device type disk to '/backup/controlfile_%F'; allocate channel c1 device type disk format '/backup/backup_%d_S_%s_P_%p_T_%t'; BACKUP DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG; release channel c1; } Then I backup these backupieces to tape as simple files and made a "delete noprompt force obsolete;" to delete old backupieces from disk. What happens if I wish to recover one of these deleted-from-disk backupieces ? In 9i it seems you can´t catalog backupieces. thanks!