This is Oracle 11.2.0.3 running on Windows Server 2003 v 5.2 SP2 (64 bit), Grid Control 11g. Under backup settings -> policy I specified: Retain at least 2 backups Retain archived redo logs after they have been backed up twice. I also specified backup of the control file and verified from the log files that it is being backed up. Under schedule backup I specified a customized backup, checking off datafiles and archived logs. I am using the control file as the repository. I tested my backup by cloning the database from the backup set. (Was that a valid test?) Looking at the folders where the backups and archive logs are stored, I see that the job is not deleting the backups and archive logs older than 2 days. On my UNIX servers my rman script does this automatically. Do I have to create a separate Grid Control job for this? Thanks, Peter Schauss -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l