Hi Chris, Stephens, Chris schrieb: > " What command causes this output?" > > Backup recovery area; > > ..a subsequent attempt to backup the recovery area succeeds far more > often than not. maybe a "RMAN> catalog recovery area;" helps. Regards Martin -- Usn's IT Blog for Linux, Oracle, Asterisk www.usn-it.de -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l