My understanding is rman backup info is ALWAYS written to the control file. joe _______________________________________ Joe Testa, Oracle Certified Professional Senior Engineering & Administration Lead (Work) 614-677-1668 (Cell) 614-312-6715 Interested in helping out your marriage? Ask me about "Weekend to Remember" Feb 12-Feb 14, 2010, Valentine's Day Weekend in Akron, OH From: "Taylor, Chris David" <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: 'ORACLE-L' <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 01/27/2010 03:21 PM Subject: RMAN question about losing Catalog repository Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Quick question here while I’m working on something else. If you lose your RMAN repository database in a disaster and you need to restore your production databases at a remote site, do you have to have the repository available, or is the backup information stored in the controlfile as well? Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium.