Why don't you contact your friendly neighborhood oracle representative? Also there is a thing called "Concepts Manual" which can help you to formulate a backup strategy. Cooperation is good, but copying other people's solutions is not cooperation. -- Mladen Gogala Ext. 121 _____ From: Madhavi Kanugo [mailto:MKanugo@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:30 AM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: Nedd advice on backup Strategy Hello All, Can anyone suggest a simple backup strategy to backup and restore our development 10g database? Cloning? Replication? Thanks, Madhavi