Thanks Tom. That does work great. Apparantly my issue was stemming from using a script that had setmaxsize included and that is where my issue resided. Cheers -- .. David > Like this? > > > allocate channel d2 type 'SBT_TAPE' parms 'BLKSIZE=2097152'; ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------