Alan, You cannot rewind a backup. You can rollforward to a point after the backup if you have all the subsequent archive / redo logs. Why does your question relate to the control file record keep time? Maybe you could clarify your question with actual timestamps? Hemant K Chitale http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com http://hemantscribbles.blogspot.com sent from my smartphone On 28 Sep 2011 06:02, "Alan Sterger" <asterger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello List, > > Is it possible to take an RMAN backup (full or incremental level 0) and > rewind it, rollback to a SCN or point-in-time within the controlfile's > CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME window? > > Database is 9.2.0.8 and in Archivelog mode. > > Cheers, > > -- Alan Sterger > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l