sure. Get a new standby control file from the primary. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxx u> To Sent by: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx oracle-l-bounce@f cc reelists.org Subject rman retention policy on physical 2011.01.07 19:36 standby Please respond to stellr@xxxxxxxxxx Is there anyway to get around this short of rebuilding the standby? RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 2; RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of configure command at 01/06/2011 20:10:47 RMAN-05021: this configuration cannot be changed for a BACKUP or STANDBY control file -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l