Newbie RMAN duplication question

  • From: <solbeach@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:18:17 -0400

I'm just starting to use RMAN; better late than never.

I'm hoping to "duplicate" a V8.1.7 DB from one Solaris box
to another.
I was hoping to avoid using an recovery catalog database;
but I'm not sure if one is required or not.
RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command
RMAN-03013: command type: Duplicate Db
RMAN-06172: not connected to recovery catalog database
The line above is true since I have no recovery catalog DB.
The only example in the V8.1.7 manual shows a step to connect to the recovery 
catalog DB, and is silent on the 
use of controlfile catalog.
The Freeman book on 9i RMAN implies that one can duplicate
using a controlfile catalog, but recommends against it.

Is my only reasonable course of action to create a recovery
catalog DB?

Could I use V9.2 RMAN to duplicate between a pair of V8.1.7
systems?

TIA!

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