On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > start and end should be listed tablespace by tablespace in the alert log. Unless alter database begin/end backup was used: Fri Jun 13 12:36:48 2014 alter database begin backup Completed: alter database begin backup alter database end backup Completed: alter database end backup Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Sr Oracle DBA at Pythian Pythian Blog http://www.pythian.com/blog/author/still/ Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com