Oracle 8.1.7.4 Aix 5.2 Using rman with catalog information in the control files. I am trying to make a copy of my production database to another machine. When restoring, rman is choking on the largest data file which = is about 2.4 gb. The error stack is as follows: RMAN-00571: = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RMAN-00569: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ERROR MESSAGE = STACK FOLLOWS =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RMAN-00571: = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: O RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to = DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: O RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to = DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: O RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to = DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: O RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to = DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: O RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to = DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command RMAN-03013: command type: restore RMAN-03007: retryable error occurred during execution of command: = IRESTORE RMAN-07004: unhandled exception during command execution on channel ch5 RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: ORA-19504: failed to create file = "/ora3/oradata/ipdhawk1/users01.dbf" ORA-27044: unable to write the header block of file IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 27: File too large Additional information: 2 RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to = DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE ulimit -a for the oracle user shows unlimited file size. Also, I have a development database on this box which has a 2.1 gb data file, so I know that oracle can handle large files. Interestingly, this restore worked about three weeks ago. The only = changes since then are that I applied the January 2005 upgrade to the target system = (production patch is scheduled for tonight) and that the data file in question may = have been=20 increased in size by about 0.3 gb. thanks, Peter Schauss -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l