You shouldn't be having any problem gzipping and gunzipping RMAN backup. Thanks and Regards, Satheesh Babu.S Bangalore. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dba1 mcc" <mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:32 AM Subject: can RMAN restore from zip file > We have ORACLE 9ir2 on DELL server. we normally keep > two weeks RMAN backup on disks (include full and > incremental). Due to database big, we plan to > compress RMAN backup use "gzip". My questions are: > > 1. does "gzip" will hurt RMAN backup data or not? > > 2. if I "gunzip" RMAN backup, can it restore without > ANY problem? > > Thanks. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l