Apparently when I moved from 32-bit to 64-bit, I was given bad advice. I was told that you couldn't apply 32-bit archived redo to a 64-bit database. Was this really bad advice? I need to do this migration again and would like a cleaner method than the last time I did this. Sandy On 8/1/07, Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So, could I then: > > 1. Initiate the DUPLICATE FOR STANDBY at say 12:00 Noon on Saturday, > and let it process whatever backups and archived logs are available. > 2. As more archived logs are backed up throughout the day and those > backup pieces rsynced, apply them manually. > 3. At 10 PM (when the downtime window starts), "flip the switch" to > make the standby our live production database. > > Do you know off-hand where I would need to do the recompile for the > word-size change? > > I've just found the standby documention (Appendix F in the Data Guard > guide [1]), so I'll start reading up on that now. > > [1] > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/rcmbackp.htm#i636377 > > On 8/1/07, Alex Gorbachev <ag@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We use DUPLICATE FOR STANDBY all the time. > > Works like a charm (don't forget to create standby controlfile with RMAN > first). > > Basically, DUPLICATE FOR STANDBY does the same and normal DUPLICATE > > but doesn't open database at the end and also restores standby > > controlfile instead of normal one. > > > > On 8/1/07, Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Alex, thanks for the tip. I was going to ask about the possiblity of > > > creating the new production box as a standby first. Can RMAN be used > > > to set up the new standby DB? I haven't done anything in the standby > > > arena yet. I'll look into the "duplicate for standby" command set. > > > > > > -- > > Alex Gorbachev, Oracle DBA Brewer, The Pythian Group > > http://www.pythian.com/blogs/author/alex http://www.oracloid.com > > BAAG party - www.BattleAgainstAnyGuess.com > > > > > -- > Don Seiler > oracle: http://ora.seiler.us > ultimate: http://www.mufc.us > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >