That is to register is with the rman catalog a physical has the same characteristics as the primary and thus no registration is needed Fuad On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:52 AM, April Sims <aprilcsims@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can anyone else clarify this entry in the documentation? The part I am > questioning is the "not register" statement. This is in the appendix F > Creating a Standby Database with Recovery Manager > > "A standby database, unlike a duplicate database created by DUPLICATE without > the FOR STANDBY OPTION, does not get a new DBID. Thus, you should not > register the standby database with your recovery catalog." > > > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e10700/rcmbackp.htm#SBYDB4988 > > thanks, > > > > -- > April Sims > SELECT IOUG Contributing Editor > http://aprilcsims.wordpress.com > http://www.twitter.com/aprilcsims > Oracle Database 11g – Underground Advice for Database Administrators > http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Database-Underground-Advice-Administrators/dp/1849680000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272289339&sr=8-1#noop > https://www.packtpub.com/oracle-11g-database-implementations-guide/book > OCP 8i, 9i, 10g DBA > Southern Utah University > aprilcsims@xxxxxxxxx