Actually it's already registered as tw primary so you ca n use the same catalog entry to backup both or anyone and use the entries for restore purposes on the other Fuad On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:52 AM, April Sims <aprilcsims@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can anyone else clarify this entry in the documentation? The part I am > questioning is the "not register" statement. This is in the appendix F > Creating a Standby Database with Recovery Manager > > "A standby database, unlike a duplicate database created by DUPLICATE without > the FOR STANDBY OPTION, does not get a new DBID. Thus, you should not > register the standby database with your recovery catalog." > > > I have not done this, but I understand their intent. > > Two databases with the same DBID should not be registered in a recovery > catalog, > as the DBID is the primary key used to identify a database. > > You can register the primary or the standby in a catalog, but not both. > > That doesn't mean you can't backup either/both, they just can't > both be in the same recovery catalog. > > HTH > > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com > Home Page: http://jaredstill.com