BN, Perhaps you were recalling the announcement that Transportable Tablespaces would be able to be converted across platforms? http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/10gdba/week16_10gdba.html My understanding is this feature is "yet to be implemented". Dennis Williams On 4/22/06, David Sharples <davidsharples@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > n yo cant do standby between different os's > > > On 21/04/06, BN <bnsarma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Greetings > > > > > > Oralce Version 9.2.0.5 > > > > ITs Friday evening. Want to confirm that a , my understanding is > > > > Cold (Any Backup except exp) Backup Taken on HP-UX 64 bit cannot be > > restored on a SUN Box to setup a Standby Database > > >