On 9/12/07, hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 5019, 3, "WARNING: no channel of required type allocated to recover copy of datafile %d" // *Cause: A RECOVER COPY command could not proceed because incremental backup // sets exist on a device type that has not been allocated. // *Action: Use the LIST command to determine which device type is needed, then // allocate a channel of that type. I don't see any output from a LIST command in your post. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist