On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > Reply inline: > > Richard Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA/NA TEAM Lead > PAREXEL International > T 978.495.4127 > > 2. Can data guard be used to create a standby database on a newer version > of Oracle (source Oracle 10.2.0.5.0 - target Oracle 11.2.0.3.0)? > No, one of the prereq's the operating system and database version > MUST be the same. > > academically speaking ;-) db version for sure (excluding transient logical database for rolling upgrades) ... operating system not necessarily ... see Note: 413484.1 regards, goran -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l