Are you also backing up the archived logs or not? I am not sure, even if the FRA deletes the older files to make a room for the new one, it will be a valid delete(archived logs) or not for the RMAN. Why dont you backup the archived logs with compressed option and leave the backupsets in FRA (or make backup to tape).? On 7/22/07, Michael Kline <mkline1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We have a new setup using ASM, RAC and Flashback Recovery Area. > > > > The archive logs go to the FRA as well. We do hot backups but are not > deleting the archive logs. Since the backup sets go to FRA, I'm wondering > what, if any, advantage there is to keeping the archive logs. I'm thinking > that "backup archive logs delete input" may make a lot more sense because > they would already be in the backup sets anyhow. > > > > We do daily full hot backups. It's 10.2.0.3 on AIX, and everything is > pretty much in ASM. > > > > Comments? > > > > Michael Kline > > Principal Consultant > > Business to Business Solutions > > 13308 Thornridge Ct > > Midlothian, VA 23112 > > O: 804.744.1545 > > Fax: 804.763.0114 > > > -- Best Regards, Syed Jaffar Hussain Oracle ACE 8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/ http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#hussain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently."