On 27/03/2012 00:53, Ram Raman wrote: > v10.2. We have a dev db whose backups have been failing with message that > db_recovery_file_dest_size is full. Our location in FLASH group in ASM. > Upon looking into the FLASH diskgroup I see that there are only 2 files > taking about 670Mb: [...] Hi Ram, there are some bugs with somehow *similar* symptoms (see ID 4911954.8, bug 4911954 - they talk about different values between v$recovery_file_dest (here the values are incorrect) and v$flash_recovery_area_usage). I would try to backup the recovery area (rman> backup recovery area;) to check what rman is *trying* to back up. You could also check Space Usage Figures in V$flash_recovery_area_usage Misleading When FRA Location is Changed [ID 460145.1] if you've changed the fra location. Let us know if you find what's happening. Regards Dimitre -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l