The init.ora if it is an spfile will get backed up by rman if you set autobackup on (which isn't the default and should be). I know that's a lot of nested ifs, sorry. My take would be oratab startup scripts $ORACLE_HOME $ORACLE_BASE HKLM\Software\Oracle (on windows obviously) On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Does anyone have a backup checklist for Oracle Files not held in the > database > that wont get backed up by RMAN. > > Eg > Oratab > tnsnames.ora > listener.ora > init.ora > maybe alertlog > > if not can we put one togesther? > > > > -- > Howard A. Latham > > Sent from my Nokia N97 > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info