On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Sigrid Keydana <keydana@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > step 1: do backup > step 2: perform structural change, e.g., add tablespace > step 3: wait till autobackup has been created (this was another strange > thing, I've found no way to influence this myself, not even by a database > restart!) > step 4: someone does a DELETE OBSOLETE. The controlfile from the backup > will be deleted as obsolete, we have the more recent one now only ... > step 5: delete all DB files > ... But then in step 4 already, I was in for a shock: Not only was the > controlfile backup from step 1 obsolete, also the backupset containing the > new tablespace's datafile was (backups were performed with filesperset 1). > > Your steps do not match the explanation. In the steps listed, there is not a backup of the new tablespace, thought explanatory text mentions a backupset containing the new tablespace. It would probably be a good idea to present a well documented test case, one that lists all steps taken, and (readable) logs of the actual steps taken. Also, adding a tablespace should have triggered a backup of the controlfile if autoback was configured. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l