On 29/03/2012 00:33, Ram Raman wrote: > I tried Dimitre's suggestion and got this: > * > > RMAN> backup recovery area; > > Starting backup at 28-MAR-12 > > specification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog > > specification does not match any datafile copy in the repository > > * [...] Hi Ram, please check Backup Recovery Area Does Not Find Any Files - Yet Files Do Exist in FRA [ID 432982.1]. Sorry, you need an sbt device in order to backup the recovery area/files, something like this: RMAN> configure default device type to sbt; new RMAN configuration parameters: CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO 'SBT_TAPE'; new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored RMAN> backup recovery area; Starting backup at 29-MAR-12 using channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 specification does not match any datafile copy in the repository channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: starting archive log backupset channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: specifying archive log(s) in backup set input archive log thread=1 sequence=1 recid=112200 stamp=778332007 [...] Regards Dimitre -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l