Very good point. Any scripts or procedures I can implement on Windows? "Post, Ethan" <Ethan.Post@xxxxxx> wrote:They are not useless if you need to restore to a point in time prior to the last cold backup or if the last cold backup is not valid for some reason. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guang Mei Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 2:10 PM To: stant_98@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Archived logs maintanance After a good cold backup, your old archived logs are useless. It would be better to store the files from cold back up, rather than old archived logs on DVD. Becuase if the system dies, you still have a good cold back up, rather than the useless old archived logs. Guang - -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! ? Get yours free! -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l