Hi, can You please clarify one thing for me. I'm wonder if FRA is really neccessary for Data Guard solution ? I'm preparing for DG configuration with physical standby, do I need FRA for failover switch from primary to standby and back ? Oracle 10.2.0.2 . Regards. Grzegorz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Las Vegas wsrod portali! Sprawdz >> http://www.interia.pl/ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l