Thanks John, I got same info from Robert Bialek. Thanks Robert. Larry -----Original Message----- From: John Clarke [mailto:jclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:49 PM To: Wolfson Larry - lwolfs; Dennis Williams Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Copies of control file in dbs directory rman> configure controlfile autobackup off; ----- Original Message ----- From: Wolfson Larry - lwolfs <lawrence.wolfson@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Dennis Williams <oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:39:56 -0400 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. > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l