I'm researching on the internet at the same time I'm emailing this question. I hope someone can point me in the right direction. We recently lost our SAN and had to reinitialize it. We've restored the backups from tape but I have one database that lost all its controlfiles. Normally we multiplex the controlfiles and have one copy on the C:\ drive. This DB did not have that setup. So, now my question is, how can I recover the controlfile from the most recent backup if RMAN doesn't have a controlfile to read from to find the latest backup?? :-) Here's the script that backs up the database in question: backup database plus archivelog delete input; delete noprompt obsolete; Any help? Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx