Hello: I am trying to restore couple of DB files (v10.2.0.3) from the rman backup to another server where I have 10.2.0.4 binaries. Here is the error I am seeing and I am not sure what it is referring to. If someone can provide some guidance, I would appreciate that. rman Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Jul 23 16:58:47 2009 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved. RMAN> connect target sys/XXX@sourceDB PL/SQL package SYS.DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE version 10.02.00.03 in TARGET database is not current PL/SQL package SYS.DBMS_RCVMAN version 10.02.00.03 in TARGET database is not current connected to target database: DDWGR04 (DBID=1559685648) RMAN> connect auxiliary / connected to auxiliary database: PDWGR05 (not mounted) RMAN> connect catalog /@sourceCAT connected to recovery catalog database RMAN> run { 2> allocate auxiliary channel ch1 type 'SBT_TAPE'; 3> Allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE'; 4> restore controlfile to '/oradata/oradata01/pdwgr05/control01_01.ctl'; 5> replicate controlfile from '/oradata/oradata01/pdwgr05/control01_01.ctl'; 6> release channel t1; 7> release channel ch1; 8> } allocated channel: ch1 channel ch1: sid=787 devtype=SBT_TAPE channel ch1: NMO v4.2.0.0 allocated channel: t1 channel t1: sid=702 devtype=SBT_TAPE channel t1: NMO v4.2.0.0 Starting restore at 23-JUL-09 released channel: ch1 released channel: t1 RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 07/23/2009 16:59:43 RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore RMAN-06101: no channel to restore a backup or copy of the control file thank you Gene Gurevich Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l