Yes, I found FM quite useful on this (along with Robert's book and metalink): http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96566/rcmrecov.htm#1007514 If your original host is unavailable, than I think it becomes a DR scenario, where "duplicate" is inappropriate. The basic steps are: - restore spfile (depending on whether or not the catalog is in use - from autobackup or normal backupset) - restore control file and mount the db - restore/recover the rest - open resetlogs Since no MML is involved, the only difficult part might be to make backups available to rman at the same location as on the original host (NFS mount - if orig host is still alive, "backup backupset", soft links, etc. do the trick) Thanks, Boris Dali. --- Charlotte Hammond <charlottejanehammond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This should be a simple RMAN task but I can't find > the "recipe" to do it.... > > I want to restore my backup (assume backup to disk - > no MML considerations) to a new host. I know about > the duplicate command but this assumes that the > original target is available. What if my original > server has died? (don't worry - only a test!) > > I'm sure this is a RTFM - but what FM to R? > > Thanks > - Charlotte __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l