Hi Jerome, If you only keep the logs generated during the backups, then up until what time do you expect to recover to? There'll be a gap from Dec 04 til now? Or? Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vitalis Jerome" <vitalisman@xxxxxxxxx> To: <t_adolph@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <mschmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:02 PM Subject: Re: RMAN Retention policies > > 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 > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l