Malden, I think this could be the same issue discussed in ML note 361173.1 Asm Diskgroup success Mount And Umount messages in alert.log during Rman Backup Thanks Fairlie Mladen Gogala <mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I have a RAC database with a standby. Both RAC and standby are on ASM. On standby, I used the flashback recovery area located on the DGFRA diskgroup to create standby redo logs. There aren't any problems but I am perplexed by entries like this: RFS[1]: Successfully opened standby log 30: '+DGFRA/adprd/onlinelog/group_30.265.614877861' SUCCESS: diskgroup DGFRA was dismounted SUCCESS: diskgroup DGFRA was mounted SUCCESS: diskgroup DGFRA was dismounted Sun Feb 18 17:51:50 2007 SUCCESS: diskgroup DGFRA was mounted SUCCESS: diskgroup DGFRA was dismounted SUCCESS: diskgroup DGFRA was mounted SUCCESS: diskgroup DGFRA was dismounted Sun Feb 18 17:51:52 2007 Media Recovery Log /BACKUP/archives/archADPRD_1_514_614435904.dbf Media Recovery Log /BACKUP/archives/archADPRD_1_515_614435904.dbf Media Recovery Log /BACKUP/archives/archADPRD_2_863_614435904.dbf Media Recovery Log /BACKUP/archives/archADPRD_1_516_614435904.dbf Media Recovery Log /BACKUP/archives/archADPRD_2_864_614435904.dbf Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 sequence 517 Why in the world is it unmounting/mounting the diskgroup? What useful purpose does it serve and why doesn't the instance just leave it mounted? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Fairlie Rego Senior Oracle Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/fairlierego http://el-caro.blogspot.com/ M: +61 402 792 405 --------------------------------- Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business.