The following worked for me, to answer your restore question I am sure there are better methods=20 John export NSR_SERVER=3Dxxxxx NSR_CLIENT=3Dyyyyyyyyy NSR_POOL=3Dzzzzzzzzz RMAN> @rec.sql restore controlfile first rec.sql run { sql "alter session set nls_date_format=3D''YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS''"; set until time =3D '2004-09-24:11:30:00'; allocate channel ch_a type 'SBT_TAPE' format "%d_arch_%s_%p_%t" parms = 'ENV=3D(NSR_CLIENT=3Dxxxxxx)'; allocate channel ch_b type 'SBT_TAPE' format "%d_arch_%s_%p_%t" = parms 'ENV=3D(NSR_CLIENT=3Dxxxxxxx)' ; restore controlfile to '/tmp/controlfile_01.ctl'; } move controlfile to proper loaction and replicate the multiple copies RMAN> @rec1.sql run { sql "alter session set nls_date_format=3D''YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS''"; set until time =3D '2004-09-24:11:30:00'; allocate channel ch_a type 'SBT_TAPE' format "%d_arch_%s_%p_%t" parms = 'ENV=3D(NSR_CLIENT=3Dxxxxxx)'; allocate channel ch_b type 'SBT_TAPE' format "%d_arch_%s_%p_%t" = parms 'ENV=3D(NSR_CLIENT=3Dxxxxxxx)' ; restore database ; } RMAN> @rec2.sql run { allocate channel ch_a type 'SBT_TAPE' parms = 'ENV=3D(NSR_CLIENT=3Dxxxxxx)'; allocate channel ch_b type 'SBT_TAPE' parms = 'ENV=3D(NSR_CLIENT=3Dxxxxxx)'; restore archivelog from logseq 1358 until logseq 1399 thread 1 ; } -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Hemant K Chitale Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:10 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RMAN-NetBackup without an RMAN Catalog When using RMAN and Netbackup without a RMAN Catalog database, how do you set retention for 5 years -- eg if the controlfile is = backed-up as autobackup. How do you restore a database as of a specific day [e.g. 3 months ago] ? Hemant K Chitale http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital =20 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l