I guess, you should not have any problem. I have done the cloning on the same platform using RMAN. Thanks On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Alex Fatkulin <afatkulin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill, > > if you reference v$transportable_platform you'll notice that Oracle > doesn't distinguish between these versions. It's all referenced as > "Microsoft Windows x86 64-bit" i.e. "the same" > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:44 PM, William Wagman <wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Greetings, > > > ... my question is whether RMAN sees these two Operating Systems as > the same platform or are they different enough that I will have to use > export/import via the datapump to make this move. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Bill Wagman > > Univ. of California at Davis > > IET Campus Data Center > > wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx > > (530) 754-6208 > > > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > > > > -- > Alex Fatkulin, > http://afatkulin.blogspot.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfatkulin > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Thanks Nilesh Soni Oracle DBA--OCA 10g Oracle is not a magic..it takes years of experiance :-) 9860584034 *****Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary*****