Tom, Are you sure it is not in that directory already? I typically see a control file in the databses root directly, but it is a like to the location you mentioned. ls -l is asmcmd. To answer the question, why not cp the file , switch the spfile, restart, and then remove the old one. On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Terrian, Thomas J Mr CTR DLA J6DIB < Tom.Terrian.ctr@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Using Oracle 10.2, does anyone know how to move a control file in that > is in ASM 10.2? I want to move my control file from > +DATA/db/control01.ctl to +DATA/db/CONTROLFILE/control01.ctl. I can > change the init.ora parameter but I don't see a mv command in asmcmd in > 10.2. > > Thanks, > Tom > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Bradd Piontek Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/piontekdd Oracle Blog: http://piontekdd.blogspot.com Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/piontekdd Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/piontekdd/