Thanks for all the feedback on this. I was sort of hoping that the server might do some sort of integrity check on startup and tell me that there are 'n' corrupt files giving me the option of starting up without them - sort of like spool does.
Unfortunately, from the feedback, it appears there is no such option so I will have to do it the hard way. (In our case it is the hard way because there is no way for VM to mount a cartridge for itself on the DR site - so it has to be done manually). Quiescing the filepool while the DR backup is taken will not be an easy option (because it is quite large and a lot of critical processes depend on it) so I guess I am looking at a logical backup/restore. Colin Allinson Amadeus Data Processing GmbH
