Thanks, Jared, looks like it could quite possibly be unpublished bug 7444008<https://supporthtml.oracle.com/ep/faces/secure/km/BugSearch.jspx?bugId=7444008>. I hate bugs. Still, I am curious, what exactly is the root problem? On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 14:45, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Good day, list, >> >> What would cause an RMAN catalog operation to last a relatively eternal >> 128 seconds? >> >> > There are a number of notes on MOS regarding RMAN performance, you > may want to check there. > > IIRC there are some indexing issues, though I can't recall any version #'s. > > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com > Home Page: http://jaredstill.com > > -- Charles Schultz