Dennis, These are backups of the development enviroments (500-700GB+). I like to keep the last one for some time and delete all others. I am using RMAN with catalog. Thanks Manmohan x5813 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Williams" <oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx> To: mjalsing@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Subject: RE: Purge RMAN backups from old repository Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:50:34 -0500 > > Manmohan > Wow! You really, really want to remove those old backups! Is there > a strong reason or do you just like to clean things up? > You don't say if you were using RMAN with a catalog or in > controlfile mode. I have had serious problems attempting to use a > different SID than RMAN is aware of. You are right that the DBID is > also critical. > Good luck with this. > > Dennis Williams > > On 6/22/05, Manmohan Jalsingh <mjalsing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks Vitalis and Tom for your responses. > > > > I need to drop the old RMAN backups from 9i repostory as well as > > from tsm media. > > I can use the old control file to mount the 9i instance and then > > delete the old > > backups. As, there is a 10g database running with same SID, > > Oracle may not allow > > me to start old 9i instance with same SID on same server. > > I will try using a different sid to mount the controlfile and then delete > > the > > old backups. The dbid and dbname will still be same so RMAN should be > > able to find the old backups. -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l