Hi, I assumed that I could register the db without a problem, but I don't have access to that book right now either and I am no rman expert. Thanks for the replies so far. Regards Pete -----Original Message----- From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 November 2004 19:52 To: Peter.Hitchman@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Help needed with rman backup of activated standby Peter - I am confident Robert Freeman covers this in his book. I would help but my copy is at work. Consider picking up a copy. It can save you a lot of time. If you are not able to do that, maybe Google. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hitchman, Peter Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 12:02 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Help needed with rman backup of activated standby Hi, My rman resource is on holiday.... I have activated a standby database, which now takes over from the original. I want to back it up in rman, but when I try I get:- "RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: RMAN-20003: target data base incarnation not found in recovery catalog" So I need to register the activated standby database. Do I need to unregister the old one first? What steps should I take? Yours in ignorance. Pete [END] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l