No license is required IF you only use it for the RMAN catalog. If you put anything else in it, you must license it. William Blanchard On Jun 24, 2010, at 10:09 AM, "Jeffrey Beckstrom" <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Is a license required to run the RMAN catalog database or is it covered by your database licensing agreement? Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l