Goran, Right, I should have been more clear. You have to register them for *managed* recovery. For non-managed recovery, Oracle can find them *if* name format is appropriate even when they are not registered and you use *automatic* mode (not manual). I said "manual" meaning non-managed which is obviously confusing. Thanks for correcting this. Alex On Nov 12, 2007 4:48 AM, goran bogdanovic <goran00@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > @Alex: > you do not need to 'register' them if you use 'automatic' option to recover > db (if DG is properly configured). From manual: > "The AUTOMATIC option automatically generates the name of the next archived > redo log file needed to continue the recovery operation." -- Alex Gorbachev, Oracle DBA Brewer, The Pythian Group http://www.pythian.com/blogs/author/alex http://www.oracloid.com BAAG party - www.BattleAgainstAnyGuess.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l