May be, someone should suggest rm, mkfs and fdisk based strategy? -- Mladen Gogala Ext. 121 _____ From: Johnson, George [mailto:GJohnson@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:48 AM To: 'MKanugo@xxxxxxxxxx'; 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Nedd advice on backup Strategy Simple solution: Shutdown DB. Copy all filesystems to tape or disks. Startup DB again.