> is the monthly backup cold / off line? I guess so, if not you must keep all > archived redos for that time, i.e. a year That's not true. You must keep the logs generated during the backups, not 1 year worth of logs. As I said, it seems that RMAN 9i does not enforce this need correctedly (by means of option KEEP LOGS). It keeps *all* subsequent logs. Jerome -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l