Yes you can use rman to clone the database or back it up and restore onto the other server - Oracle support told me this when I was having some trouble. You may get a different answer from them though :-) ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John P Weatherman Sent: 07 June 2004 15:19 To: oracle-l Subject: DataGuard and RMAN All, Has anyone seen or heard anything to the effect of being able to use RMAN as a source for establishing a DataGuard site (physical or logical)? All the documentation seems to require a traditional hot/cold backup. While I am sure it is possible to force RMAN into this role, I'm not so sure it is supported (Oracle seems to have a lot of "not supported"s in DataGuard). I haven't seen anything one way or the other on Google or MetaLink or the DataGuard concepts doc. If there is another doc someone can recommend I will be happy to read it. Thanks, John P Weatherman Oracle DBA Advance America