Ciao Nilo > Running a level 0 backup with RMAN will tell me that > I have a bad block on one datafile (the backup will > stop at that moment). Out of curiosity, what is the exact error message? > In the view V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION there is nothing. Do you have the same behavior if you execute a BACKUP CHECK LOGICAL VALIDATE TABLESPACE ? Cheers, Chris -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l