since this is UNIX can't you simply put in a link that mimics the original location of the backup pieces? Brgds Jack On 03/07/2008, William Wagman <wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Greetings, > > We are running Oracle 10.2.0.4.0 EE on RHEL4, 64-bit. I am using Data > Guard and doing daily RMAN backups on the primary and am not using a > catalog. I am attempting to duplicate the primary database to another > server on which, because of disk layouts the RMAN backup pieces are in a > different location than on the production server I am trying to > duplicate. > > I have found instructions on how to do this. On the second box I start > up the database nomount, restore the control file from the backup pieces > on the second box, mount the database and use the catalog command to > indicate the new location of the RMAN backup pieces. That all works > fine. Then I run my script to restore and recover the database and I get > the following errors... > > RMAN-03002: failure of configure command at 07/02/2008 17:03:44 > RAMN-05021: this configuration cannot be changed for a BACKUP or STANDBY > control file > > I don't know if there are additional steps necessary to clone the > primary database in a Data Guard configuration or if it is because I am > not using a catalog. I do realize there are certain things one cannot do > with a Data Guard configuration without a catalog and I don't know if > this is one of them. If that is not the case can anyone help me with the > additional steps I must take to get this to work. Here is the script I > am invoking from RMAN... > > run { > configure auxname for datafile 1 to > '/u01/oracle/edrstest/system01.dbf'; > configure auxname for datafile 2 to > '/u01/oracle/edrstest/undotbs01.dbf'; > . > . > . > configure auxname for datafile 11 to > '/u01/oracle/edrstest/mvlog01.dbf'; > set newname for tempfile 1 to > '/u01/oracle/edrstest/temp01.dbf'; > restore database; > switch datafile all; > recover database; > alter database open resetlogs; > } > > Suggestions graciously accepted. Thanks. > > Bill Wagman > Univ. of California at Davis > IET Campus Data Center > wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx > (530) 754-6208 > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- J.A. van Zanen