The main one we came across is that incremental backups are not possible, at least on 9.2.0.5. RMAN is kind enough to inform you of this if you try it: RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 01/12/2005 11:44:46 RMAN-06180: incremental backups require Enterprise Edition There are a few other restrictions outlined in the Oracle 9i Database Product Family available on OTN. James Thomson Database Administrator University of Victoria -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:33 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RMAN catalog standard edition Dear Guys, To save costs we are purchasing Oracle standard edition licenses where we can. I am considering purchasing them for our Oracle database server which only houses OEM's repository and RMAN's centralized catalog. Are there any restrictions to running RMAN with Standard Edition???? Thanks, Paula -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l