Google = Good http://www.tiplib.com/138/create-standby-controlfile Jeremy Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Latham Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:41 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: standby Oracle 11g Redhat Linux, We lost the controlfile from a standby its not THAT important but whats the simplest way to rebuild it? We can backup the primary control file to trace; -- Howard A. Latham -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l