A bit a shot in the dark, but the errors (whole stack) are somewhat descriptive On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 09:24:24AM -0500, Scott Canaan wrote: > RMAN-00571: =========================================================== > RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== > RMAN-00571: =========================================================== > RMAN-03002: failure of Duplicate Db command at 03/06/2013 09:19:11 > RMAN-05501: aborting duplication of target database > RMAN-03015: error occurred in stored script Memory Script > RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on prmy1 channel at 03/06/2013 09:19:11 > ORA-17628: Oracle error 19505 returned by remote Oracle server > Probably you allready looked the errors up yourself, but still: oerr ora 19505 19505, 00000, "failed to identify file \"%s\"" // *Cause: call to identify the file returned an error // *Action: check additional messages, and check if the file exists oerr ora 17628 17628, 00000, "Oracle error %s returned by remote Oracle server" // *Cause: Oracle server on the remote instance has returned an error. // *Action: Look at remote instance alert log/trace file for more information // and take appropriate action or contact Oracle Support Services // for further assistance oerr ora 3009 03009, 00000, "Incompatible OCI function call" // *Cause: An incompatible OCI function call was issued for new functionality. // *Action: Do not use V7 OCI calls for this functionality. ... ... Did you have a look in the alert-log of the primary database? HTH Martijn -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l