Looking for general advice here and to clear up any misconceptions I have. I am looking at RMAN scripts currently running in both Prod/Test environments and I have a question about RESTORE DATABASE VALIDATE statements being used in our daily FULL backup scripts. For example (see #8) below: RMAN> connect target * 2> run{ 3> allocate channel d1 type disk; 4> sql 'ALTER SYSTEM archive log current'; 5> backup as copy database format '+DG1'; 6> sql 'ALTER SYSTEM archive log current'; 7> release channel d1;} 8> restore database validate; 9> crosscheck copy; 10> crosscheck archivelog all; 11> delete noprompt obsolete; 12> list copy; 13> exit; From my understanding, RESTORE DATABASE VALIDATE only validates Datafiles for RESTORE - not Archivelogs needed for a complete RECOVER. Also from what I recall from OU Admin Class, one would run this command prior to an actual restore and probably not daily. Plus, to accomplish what I think the prior DBA intended (test a RECOVER), you would also issue a "RESTORE ARCHIVELOG ALL VALIDATE" statement immediately after. What is the general consensus here? Thanks, Anthony Environment Info: 10.2/RAC(2-node)/ASM/No Catalog/OEL5 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l