List,=20 I have files an ITAR for this but hoped it is a problem that already has = been discovered and fixed. OS REDHAT AS 2.1 up to date. Oracle 10.1.0.3 patched up to 10.1.0.4 using rman on 10.1.0.3 the level 0 and level 1 backups worked great. I = upgraded the database to 10.1.0.4 and=20 now when I run the rman commands to create the level 0 or level 1 backups = the files are created but error out and=20 the files are removed. RMAN nocatalog connect target "rman10/rman10prd@redhatprd-tcp" run { allocate channel d1 type disk format '/u03/backups/lev0_%d_%t_%T.bus'; set limit channel d1 kbytes 5000000; backup incremental level 0 database skip readonly (current controlfile); release channel d1; } I watch the file get created in the proper directory and then it is = deleted and rge RMAN errors with: RMAN - 03009: failure of backup command on channel d1 at DATE/TIME ORA-19504: failed to create file "/u0e/backups/lev0_LINUXPRD_560503642_2005= 0509.bus" ORA-2708 created file already exists The backup of the archivelogs works properly it is just the backup of the = database that fails. Any one else run into this problem?=20 Thanks. Ron -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l