I've tried this on 12.1.0.2 on Linux 6 and 11.2.0.4 on Windows 2008R2 with the same result. - Single node database with a single node physical standby. - Incremental level 0 backup on the standby. - Create another new instance on the same server as the standby. - Restore the control file and the database from the backups that were taken from the standby. - Set new names for the data files during restore. - Switch all data files to the newly restored copies. - Rename online log files. - PITR on new database. - Receive the error ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent No matter how far I try to recover, I continue to receive this error: ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent ORA-01110: data file 1: '/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/dbs/data_D-ORCLA_TS-SYSTEM_FNO-1' All data files that are not read only are at the same SCN and above the SCN of the read only files. SYSTEM, SYSAUX and UNDOTBS1 are all in a "fuzzy" state, although I can't figure out why. Seth Miller