Here again is a step by step to create a pysical/logical using rman. If you are only interested in physical, then just avoid to convert your physical/logical. If you don't want to use rman, than replace all the rman stuff with you restore backup and perform yourself the roll forward archives. Adapt your path and note that it is shorter in 10g than in 9i: Step by step to create standby 9i/10g: look also to Note:211016.1 Create a physical standby : -Remove the spfile if any exists, you will have to recreate it later. meantime we modify the init.ora -add these parameter in the init<standby>.ora PRIMARY: *.db_name='asdb' *.db_unique_name='asdb' # 10g, 9ir2 is LOCK_NAME_SPACE *.instance_name='asdb' *.log_archive_dest_1="location=/home/oracle/arch/asdb VALID_FOR=(ALL_LOGFILES,ALL_ROLES)" *.log_archive_dest_state_1=enable *.log_archive_format="log_%t_%r_%s.arc" . . STANDBY: *.parallel_max_servers=9 *.db_name='asdb' *.db_unique_name='POLDEV' # 10g, 9ir2 is LOCK_NAME_SPACE *.instance_name='POLDEV' *.log_archive_dest_1="location=/home/oracle/arch/POLDEV VALID_FOR=(ALL_LOGFILES,ALL_ROLES)" *.log_archive_dest_2="location=/home/oracle/arch/POLDEV_2 VALID_FOR=(STANDBY_LOGFILES,STANDBY_ROLE)" *.log_archive_dest_state_1=enable *.log_archive_dest_state_2=enable *.log_archive_format="log_%t_%r_%s.arc" *.db_file_name_convert=('/oradata/asdb/','/POLDEV/') *.log_file_name_convert=('/oradata/asdb/','/POLDEV/') *.standby_file_management=AUTO *.standby_archive_dest=/home/oracle/arch/POLDEV/standby *.remote_archive_enable=TRUE *.FAL_SERVER=asdb *.FAL_CLIENT=POLDEV PRIMARY: ======== Rman back of the primary: " connect target / run { allocate channel c1 device type disk format "/backup/bk_asdb_%U" ; backup as compressed backupset database ; } " <9ir2 && only if you target a logical, not needed for phisical> EXECUTE DBMS_LOGSTDBY.BUILD; </9ir2> create a standby controlfile: .............................. sqlplus '/ as sysdba' alter database create standby controlfile as '/tmp/stdby.ctl' ; alter system switch logfile; exit copy this archive and all archived since the backup into log_archive_dest_1 of the standby. copy the orapw<primary> onto orapw<standby> STANDBY: ========== startup nomount exit rman cmdfile=dup_stdby.rm log=dup.log & " connect target sys/change_on_install@primary connect auxiliary / run { allocate auxiliary channel c1 device type disk format "/backup/bk_asdb_%U" ; allocate auxiliary channel c2 device type disk ; duplicate target database for standby dorecover; } " sqlplus '/ as sysdba' alter database recover managed standby database disconnect ; exit Check that the physical standby receives some archives. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ END of PHYSICAL STANDBY, rest is for LOGICAL ++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ .................................................. Convert the physical standby to a logical standby: .................................................. SECONDARY ========= sqlplus '/ as sysdba' shutdown immediate; exit PRIMARY ======= alter database create logical standby controlfile as '/tmp/logical_stdby.ctl' ; SECONDARY ========= replace all controfiles with this logical control file: cp '/tmp/logical_stdby.ctl' $ORADATA/control0[1-3].ctl sqlplus '/ as sysdba' alter database recover managed standby database; ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE; shutdown immediate; startup mount exit nid target=sys/change_on_install@POLDEV DBNAME=POLDEV # this will shutdown the DB ==>[Y] Edit init<standby.ora> and switch DB_NAME=<primary> to DB_NAME=<stanby> rm orapw<standby> orapwd file=orapw<standby> password=change_on_install sqlplus '/ as sysdba' create spfile from pfile startup mount; alter database open resetlogs ; ALTER DATABASE RENAME GLOBAL_NAME TO <standby> ; alter tablespace temp add tempfile '/home/oracle/POLDEV/temp01.dbf' size 20m ; <9ir2> ALTER DATABASE REGISTER LOGICAL LOGFILE '/<path>/last logfile> ALTER DATABASE START LOGICAL STANDBY APPLY INITIAL; <10g> ALTER DATABASE START LOGICAL STANDBY APPLY; # At least ! <10g> The SQL apply coordinatory is in initialisation phase : SELECT NAME, VALUE FROM V$LOGSTDBY_STATS WHERE NAME = 'coordinator state'; PRIMARY ======== sqlplus '/ as sysdba' alter system switch logfile; exit STANDBY ======= SELECT SEQUENCE#, FIRST_TIME, NEXT_TIME, DICT_BEGIN, DICT_END FROM DBA_LOGSTDBY_LOG ORDER BY SEQUENCE#; -----Original Message----- From: Syed Jaffar Hussain [mailto:sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, 11 September, 2006 11:30 AM To: Polarski, Bernard Subject: Re: Do anyone implemented Physical Standby using primary db hot backups? Thanks for your valuable suggestion. Can you give it to me in plain english. I mean, step by step proecess. My question is, When should i copy my redo groups (files) to the standby? Because, hot backup doesn't contains redo files? When do I create standby control file? and start restroe and recovery? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l