Hi Chris >What is the meanings for "FRACTURED" & "LOGICAL" values >in the CORRUPTION_TYPE column of the v$backup_corruption view. FRACTURED ==> physical corruption Oracle is not able to read or write a block; if the block can be read, its content makes no sense. Usually due to hardware failures. Typical symptoms: - ORA-00600: internal error code - ORA-01578: ORACLE data block corrupted LOGICAL ==> logical corruption Inconsistency within the data. Usually due to Oracle bugs. Typical symptoms: - ORA-00600: internal error code - ORA-01498: block check failure - ORA-01499: table/index cross reference failure >How could "DBMS_REPAIR" and/or "DBVERIFY" be used to validate >and fix any corruption we might have. These two utilities don't fix problems! Give a look to Metalink note 28814.1. It's a good starting point... Good luck, Chris