rk. It seems simple enough, but I'm doing something very basic, wrong. I can't figure it out and Oracle support has been useless. Does anyone have a document on how to configure Data Guard, step-by-step? I'm looking for something very basic, none of the fancy options. I'd just like to see it work. We are Oracle 11.2.0.3 on Red Hat 6. I have a sandbox that I can play in. I can delete both of the databases and start over. Thank you, Scott Canaan '88 (srcdco@xxxxxxx<mailto:Scott.Canaan@xxxxxxx>) (585) 475-7886 - work "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l