Hi Jerome. There is no error on the output . it just say that file not found . somehow it is not able to catch the backup piece that was done on standby server . any ideas. On 10/1/07, Vitalis Jerome <vitalisman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > It should work if the directory name is the same and the backup pieces > are all there. > Please post RMAN output with the error. > > On 10/1/07, Prasad <p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > the backup piece location is same across all 3 ( pri, stdby and > destination) > > server. or I should just create a sym link even though it is in the > same > > directory across db.? >