Thanks everybody. GovindanK was/is correct, there was no need to do anything on the primary. Worked like a charm. On 12/10/07, GovindanK <gkatteri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I do not see the need to touch the standby_file_management parameter in > Primary. In your scenario, your steps on Standby require little > modifications. > > Here are the *comments*: > > 1. I would prefer to have mapping for *ALL* the files mentioned in the > db_file_name_convert and log_file_name_convert parameters. > 2. After you mount the standby instance verify with *show parameter > management, show parameter convert. *If your standby_file_management is > set to auto they should show up. * > *3. Step 1 should be done before Step 8; Your order would be 2, > 3,4,5,7,1,8,9 (I am assuming that your init.ora in standby contains > standby_file_management=auto by default hence you are doing alter > system to make it manual). > > HTH > GovindanK > >