Hi Jay I didn't see where you answered my question about how many backups you have. LIST BACKUP OF DATABASE SUMMARY; should do it. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Jay Hostetter <hostetter.jay@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Ravi - I am getting both of these types of messages: > > skipping archived log file > H:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SALES2\ARCHIVE\ARC23830_0686767139.001; already backed up > 2 time(s) > > input archived log thread=1 sequence=23831 RECID=23774 STAMP=722817180 > Tony - Thank you for the sympathies! Yes, the backups succeed. No errors > in the alert log or event viewer. > Interesting thought regarding the virus checker, etc. But I can force rman > to delete the files - just not with "delete noprompt obsolete". > > I think you folks have helped me to rule out that it isn't anything > obvious. I'll post the solution, when I get one from Oracle Support. > > Thank you, > Jay > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:50 PM, De DBA <dedba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Jay, >> >> It only now registers to me that you are on Windows (sympathies...). Did >> you consider non-oracle factors, such as a brain-dead virus checker or a >> group policy, or even inherited file system permissions? >> >> Some of my clients have a corporate policy that require every windows >> server to run an on-access scanner and the particular brand that they use >> will block "suspicious" activity, such as manipulating the registry or >> deleting "protected" files. There may be meaningful messages either in the >> scanner's log files or the Windows Event log. >> >> Just a thought.. >> >> Cheers, >> Tony >> > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info