Hi Was the database originally created with a different DB_UNIQUE_NAME from DB_NAME or was that added as a part of the DG setup (my guess). My understanding is that Oracle uses DB_UNIQUE_NAME but by default DB_NAME and DB_UNIQUE_NAME are identical. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Michael Dinh <mdinh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Don. > > I am using db_unique_name because it is configured for Data Guard and is > the primary. > > However, the directory is created with DB_NAME. > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info