If you're refreshing a significant part of sizeable databases you might find it more efficient to automate RMAN duplicate across the wire. Kenny On Jun 6, 2014 1:36 PM, "Scott Canaan" <srcdco@xxxxxxx> wrote: > We have dived into the world of Data Guard and have it working nicely. > Periodically, we get requests to refresh a test database from production to > get “up-to-date” data in test. If both production and test are Data > Guarded, what is the best way to do the refresh? We would like to not to > have to rebuild the test secondary database if at all possible. We don’t > use RMAN for backups. We are looking at using Data Pump between production > and test and letting Data Guard update the secondary from there. > > > > Is there a better way, without purchasing a tool? > > > > We are using Oracle 11.2.0.3 on Red Hat Linux. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Scott Canaan ’88 (srcdco@xxxxxxx) > > (585) 475-7886 – work (585) 339-8659 – cell > > “Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into > it.” – Tom Lehrer > > >