Rick - This has been discussed from time to time on this forum. You might want to search the archives. Here is a link to one discussion thread. http://www.mail-archive.com/oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg87767.html <http://www.mail-archive.com/oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg87767.html> Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rick Stephenson Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:09 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Rman 8i vs 9i question - delete obsolete I already read that script, but I don't understand how it knows that I want to keep 90 days of retention for my backups. I'm sorry if I am missing something. Thanks, Rick Stephenson _____ From: Bobak, Mark [mailto:Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 11:14 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Rman 8i vs 9i question - delete obsolete Rick, Check out $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/demo/rman1.sh for an example. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Rick Stephenson [mailto:RStephenson@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:07 PM To: Oracle ListServ (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Subject: Rman 8i vs 9i question - delete obsolete In 9i rman I can set the retention policy to whatever I want and delete all obsolete backups based on that setting. I cannot find, however, a similar feature for 8i rman. Is there a way to set this, and if not, how does rman determine what an obsolete backup is? Thanks, Rick Stephenson ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------