On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Are you using automatic channels? > > If so, try specifying the channels explicitly in the script. > I have had to do this on 3 different occasions, different versions of > Oracle on Windows, to get > backups to succeed. Most recently last week. > A little follow up on this. I've had several support issues regarding this backup problem, both Oracle and Veritas. Before a couple weeks ago I had thought the problems were in Veritas' MML. After I could duplicate the same issues using the test tape interface (writes to disk), it became clear that the issue was not with Veritas, but with Oracle. Still have a ticket open on this, maybe they'll find the problem. :) Automatic channels make it easier to standardize backup scripts, wish they always worked. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist