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> So, thats why I am wondering what others are doing and if a Hot Backup would > cause problems? I guess hot backups may be a problem if someone has locked and is modifying the file - but never tried. The file could be skipped, or worse, a yet incomplete copy could be written. Usually hot backups require some cooperation from the application (i.e. Oracle keeps data in the logs while datafiles are backed up). I use an incremental backup strategy. The full repository is backed up weekly, and incremental backups are performed daily. Backups are to files on a dedicated storage (to allow for faster recovery) and then moved to tape. -- LDs