Gzip should not hurt anything. The same holds for gunzip. Confirm yourself by testing it. rr -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dba1 mcc Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:32 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: can RMAN restore from zip file We have ORACLE 9ir2 on DELL server. we normally keep two weeks RMAN backup on disks (include full and incremental). Due to database big, we plan to compress RMAN backup use "gzip". My questions are: 1. does "gzip" will hurt RMAN backup data or not? 2. if I "gunzip" RMAN backup, can it restore without ANY problem? Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l