Joel, Rman duplicates always from an existing backup (or at least until 11g, which (I thought) has the possibility to clone without having a backup). The connection to the source db exists to get information about the database. Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer ________________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: dinsdag 26 februari 2008 16:07 To: finn.oracledba@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Rman restore from backup on disk I might be missing something here. When I duplicate if connect to a live running database. Rman target sys/<p>@source auxiliary / trace tracefile.lis I don't connect to the source if I am restoring (duplicating), from a backup.... Joel Patterson Database Administrator joel.patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx x72546 904 727-2546 ________________________________________ From: Finn Jorgensen [mailto:finn.oracledba@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:05 AM To: Patterson, Joel Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Rman restore from backup on disk Joel, By setting the "set until time" and using "duplicate database" you are effectively restoring the RMAN backup to another database name. Yes, both the backup itself and the archive log backups necessary need to be available on the server you're restoring to. Finn On 2/26/08, Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Can I restore a database from and RMAN backup on disk to new (different) database name? If so how, is it analogous to duplicate? Restore database to newname? Do archive have to be in the previous locations also? Joel Patterson Database Administrator joel.patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx x72546 904 727-2546 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l