Redhat Linux 10g Ran a duplicate database for standby - which took 8 hours - it failed claiming one of the files at the end my 300g database needed recovery - Doh! Anyway ran the same script again. It said all files already restored and mounted the standby happily and started applying archived logs from the other box - funny eh? glad I didn't delete all the files and start again! So if at first you don't succeed try once more - made my Friday! -- Howard A. Latham