be aware that a database in a filesystem snaphot looks EXACTLY like it would if you pulled the electricity from the database server when Oracle was up and running. You cannot roll forward from such an image. NetApp documents all this quite well...just be aware that there is no magic ... ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vasu Balla Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:24 AM To: vbarac@xxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: NetApp flier - based snapshots and db backups Oracle OnDemand, which hosts more than 1000 databases on netapp filers, uses this snapshot functionality for backup. you are not alone :) vasu