On 8/1/07, Alex Gorbachev <ag@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Metalink has the answers. > See Note 430278.1 Can you restore RMAN backups taken on 32-bit Oracle > with 64-bit Oracle? and then 62290.1 Changing between 32-bit and > 64-bit Word Sizes. Thanks Alex. Those docs don't really give any details on getting th 64 bit backup restored to the 32 bit machine. I ran into this problem: //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2006/msg00495.html If the database were shutdown cold and copied to the other server, this would be a non-issue. RMAN on 32 bit linux could not cope with the archive logs created on the 64 bit linux box. Maybe a bug, but I could find nothing to help at the time I was working on this. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist