Oliver, what's about shutdown the source DB and just copy it ( scp ) onto the new host? If this match your downtime time-frame, it's probably the easiest way? (you can even do a dry-run to test how long scp will take - no danger here, you just might not be able to open the DB on the target without any preparations) I'd do it that way if it matches the requirements. hth Martin On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Oliver <ofabelo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is all in local physical hard disks, it isn't a important database, it is > a testing environment for datawarehouse. > I ask about it because I'm not a dba, but I do things of dba :-) (I'm > sysadmin) I have many knowledge of Oracle (I think), but I'm not a expert. > Downtime is not a problem, but I like do the things well and quick, and I'm > asking to you the experts. > First thing that I will do is install oracle 10g (10.2.0.1), install > 10.2.0.5 patchset (as source database) and I had thought read about cloning > database. > Source database is in archive mode, but I don't know very well how to > recovery using rman backup, I've worked more with exp/imp or expdp/impdp. > Thanks beforehand. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l