BTW, I just ran across a pretty decent description of the steps needed for a Windows environment to setup RMAN. Not sure of your platform, but it's basically the same steps, just variations of the host (OS) commands and directories. It's at http://www.orafusion.com/art_rman1.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ferguson U.S. Geological Survey - Minerals Information Team PO Box 25046, MS-750 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 Voice (303)236-8747 ext. 321 Fax (303)236-4208 ~ Think on a grand scale, start to implement on a small scale ~