if RMAN isnt seeing remote databases probably you haven't got a single location for oracle name resolution configured. You'll either need to do that or ensure that your tnsnames file has the correct entries in the ORACLE_HOME that you are running the rman executable from. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Im trying to do just that. Ihave 11g and 10 and trying to get a 10 db up to > 10.1.0.2 and then to 11g. > > The listener seems the biggest problem. When I try to set the home to 10 > from 11 rman cant see remorte databases. > > Is there a checklist of EVERYTHING you need to do? > > RH Linux Oracle 11 and 10 > > > > > On 9 August 2011 14:06, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> those of you out there running multiple oracle homes, potentially with >> multiple oracle software owners and certainly with multiple listeners on >> Linux. How do you control db and listener startup at boot time? dbstart >> seems entirely inadequate. >> >> -- >> Niall Litchfield >> Oracle DBA >> http://www.orawin.info >> > > > > -- > Howard A. Latham > > Sent from my Nokia N97 > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info