Dear All, am facing a problem on standby database. On November 9 a file was supposed to ship from the actual database to standby db that archive file may not be shipped or might have been deleted/archived, how do i know what exactly has happened. Now if am executing manual backup script its poinitng to the archive file of November 9, which am not able to find. Now, how should i proceed my admin is saying if stby backup is not done, there will not be a backup of primay datbase also. how should i validate this statement. We are using RMAN, we do not have complete documentation, our usual DBA is on leave. Kindly help. Drumil Save all your chat conversations. Find them online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php