The content is stored in flat files with pointers to the files stored in the db. Don't know much more than the general concept about how it works. The problem is that when we do a restore, we need to restore the db as well as the content (flat files). Therefore, the db and the content need to be backed up simultaneously, or as close as possible. The same is true when we refresh a test db environment from prod. From: Igor Racic [mailto:igor.racic@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:12 AM To: Armstrong-Champ, Joseph William Cc: denise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Snap Manager for Oracle Hi, Just curiosity here. What do you mean with >> ... to be able to refresh a database which had pointers to flat file content. Regards, Igor 2013/1/3 Armstrong-Champ, Joseph William <Joseph.Armstrong-Champ@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:Joseph.Armstrong-Champ@xxxxxxxxx>> The original reason we started playing with it was to be able to refresh a database which had pointers to flat file content. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l