Oracle 11.2 Linux Redhat 5 Enterprise. I cant fathom for the life of me why rman on one particular database seems to put every file in one backup piece or set of slices yet all the others I have a maximum of 4 in in each slice. Anyone got a hint on this please? its causing me a head-ache. I've checked the parameters but they seem ok. -- Howard A. Latham -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l