What do these queries show? From the database: select incarnation#, resetlogs_time, prior_resetlogs_time from v$database_incarnation order by 2 From the backup catalog: select name,current_incarnation, resetlogs_time, prior_resetlogs_time from rc_database_incarnation where dbid = DBID order by 3 / You will need to edit the previous query for the correct DBID This can be found by this query on the target database: select DBID from v$database; Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Raj Mareddi <raj.mareddi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have restored my controlfile from yesterday's RMAN Backup and > restored database. RMAN has automatically done full sync, when it > first ran after restore. There are some tape backups which are made > after the restore point (between yesterday's backup and now). This > info is not available in v$backup_piece, however this is in catalog > table(RC_BACKUP_PIECE). I have tried resync catalog but it hasn't > fetched any records from Catalog to Controlfile. > > Is resync always from Controlfile to Catalog ? Can we sync in reverse > direction too ? > > TIA, > Raj Mareddi > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >