>>>> we have a rman backup for 500 GB 9.2 RAC on RHEL3 (3 LTO >>>II drives) >>>> that takes 3 hours to complete, but kills the node it runs on. RMAN "kills the node it runs on" is not a sufficient description of the problem. Does the system oops, panic? Or more likely, is OCMS nuking the system with hangcheck-timer ? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l