Not sure if there ever was a prereq to stop recovery before a backup on dg. This would be a lapse in dr if recovery is turned off in larger env where backups take multiples if hours Fuad On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:16 PM, fmhabash <fmhabash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > When backing up physical standby database, it is my practice to stop the > recovery process prior to starting rman backups. I normally open the db in > read only mode. I have reviewed the DG UG for 10g and 11g and have not seen > this listed as a pre-requisite. Has this restriction been removed? > > Thank you. > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l