You can use the unsupported device type of SBT_DISK to backup your recovery area to disk (I can' actually recall the syntax right now). On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > If anyone has measured performance and tested reliability of copying ASM > contained files onto a file system, I'm all ears. > > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.orawin.info >