On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Stephens, Chris <chris_stephens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > " What command causes this output?" > > Backup recovery area; > > ...a subsequent attempt to backup the recovery area succeeds far more > often than not. > > Are you using automatic channels? If so, try specifying the channels explicitly in the script. I have had to do this on 3 different occasions, different versions of Oracle on Windows, to get backups to succeed. Most recently last week. That said, what are the versions for : Oracle: Platform: Veritas: (be sure to include the MP#) -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist