While I'm sitting here with a full flashback recovery area and failing disk-to-disk RMAN backups for our go-live in 10.1.0.5, I decided to lookup some possible resolutions on MetaLink, seeing as the V$FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA_USAGE view isn't available in 10gR1. So, I login to MetaLink and search for, among other things, "rman crosscheck". In my OTC cold remedy induced state, along with typical go-live stress, I almost burst a lung laughing on the suggestion that MetaLink offered -- just in case I misspelled "crosscheck". Try it out yourself. Enjoy! Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l