I found the problem this morning; we'd misconfigured the device groups so when I split the archive logs (after the 'end backup') I was also getting one of the database file systems at the same time -- so the data files on the target host were all in hot backup mode, except the handful on that one file system, which made recovery impossible. I corrected the device groups and the scripts work fine now.... Thanks everyone for your assistance! It certainly helped me get to the bottom of the problem quicker! -- Rich Holland (913) 645-1950 SAP Technical Consultant print unpack("u","92G5S\=\"!A;F]T:&5R(\'!E<FP\@:&%C:V5R\"\@\`\`"); > -----Original Message----- > From: Hemant K Chitale [mailto:hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:51 AM > To: holland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: hot-backup recovery question > > > Just a question : > Do you have two seperate mirrors of the database volume and are splitting > one mirror but actually attempting a recovery on another mirror ? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l