Personally have always liked the idea of a recovery catalog for keeping long term backups to reporting from the catalog Fuad ________________________________ From: Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l-freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; oracle-db-l <oracle-db-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:49:06 AM Subject: RMAN Catalog We are investigating switch from hot backups to RMAN backups. I am reading Robert Freeman's book on 10G RMAN backup and recovery. The book lists pros and cons of using a recovery catalog. What is the consensus, is it better to use a recovery catalog or not? Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113