In RMAN execute : CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF; Igor Neyman ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wolfson Larry - lwolfs Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:40 PM To: Dennis Williams Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Copies of control file in dbs directory Thanks Dennis. I looked in cron again and didn't see any RMAN jobs, but I remembered I'd seen the following in the alert log drop tablespace M11_DATA including contents and datafiles Deleted file /u03/oradata/m11_data01.dbf Starting control autobackup Control autobackup written to DISK device > handle '/oracle/9.2/dbs/c-2180204055-20050807-0f' Completed: drop tablespace M11_DATA including conten So how do I turn off "Control autobackup" ? Thanks Larry ________________________________ From: Dennis Williams [mailto:oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:15 PM To: Wolfson Larry - lwolfs Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Copies of control file in dbs directory Larry, >Copies of the CF are being generated into the dbs directory. >Unfortunately, some at times when client is complaining about >performance. I have seen RMAN do this. There is a setting to autobackup the control file. I would keep searching for an RMAN job running somewhere, either through a cron job or an OEM job. Dennis Williams ********************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You.