Try: BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG DELETE INPUT ; > This is my first try at an RMAN backup. > backup database as compressed plus archivelog delete input; > RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "as": expecting one of: "archivelog, -- Riku Räsänen Kantamestarit Oy www.kantamestarit.fi -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l