Hi Dennis, I agree this would have been so simple on a Unix or Linux system. Mapping a drive is the closest thing to creating a link that I could come up with but then I don't know Windows very well either. Cheers, Mark -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Williams [mailto:oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:07 AM To: mstahlke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Moving RMAN Disk Backup Files Mark I have searched and never found a way to do this. On Unix you can fool RMAN by creating the destination as a link. Then when recovering, have a link on the other server that has the same name, but points to a different location. Perhaps there is a similar Windows trick, I just don't know Windows that well. Dennis Williams > > This question pertains to Oracle 9.2.0.4 on Winblows. > > Is there a way to convince RMAN to use backup files from a location > other than where they were created? > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l