That's a good point. I didn't think of that. Chris Langston From: Bobak, Mark [mailto:Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:05 PM To: jkstill@xxxxxxxxx; Langston, Chris Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RMAN: Partial Backup: Metadata Only in Some Tablespaces and Full Data in Another Seems to me, if you set up a backup with the 'exclude tablespace' option, and the list of tablespaces to exclude is hardcoded, then adding new tablespaces in the future shouldn't compromise anything....? -Mark From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:21 PM To: Chris.Langston@xxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RMAN: Partial Backup: Metadata Only in Some Tablespaces and Full Data in Another On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Langston, Chris <Chris.Langston@xxxxxx<mailto:Chris.Langston@xxxxxx>> wrote: I need some help with configuring RMAN for Oracle 10gR2. I've been asked to submit a request to have our outsourced DBA's configure our backup to exclude the data in certain tablespaces while doing full data backups in another tablespace. Can it be guaranteed that there will NEVER be a new tablespace added? If not, then this is sure to cause problems in the future. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com ________________________________ NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, please do not read, distribute, or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify me immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system.