Hey Scott, Make sure you "convert" parameters are set correctly, you may be trying to write a file for your auxiliary with the same name as a file on your primary. Jerry ________________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Canaan [srcdco@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:24 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RMAN Question I am running Oracle 11.2.0.3 on Linux, 64-bit. I am trying to create a physical standby database. Both databases are on the same physical server - this is just to work out the procedure. Normally we clone databases to make copies, but that just ends up making another Primary database and I can't get it to change to standby, so I'm trying to follow the directions for creating a standby via RMAN. I am following the directions online (found in two places), using the script found online, modified for our environment, and keep getting an ORA-19505. Normally, I would not have any problem with this, but unlike the examples online, it doesn't tell me which file it can't access, so I don't know how to fix the problem. The end of the run looks like: Starting backup at 06-MAR-13 channel prmy1: starting datafile copy copying standby control file released channel: prmy1 released channel: prmy2 released channel: prmy3 released channel: prmy4 released channel: stby RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of Duplicate Db command at 03/06/2013 09:19:11 RMAN-05501: aborting duplication of target database RMAN-03015: error occurred in stored script Memory Script RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on prmy1 channel at 03/06/2013 09:19:11 ORA-17628: Oracle error 19505 returned by remote Oracle server RMAN> **end-of-file** RMAN> How do I figure out what file is causing the ORA-19505? Scott Canaan '88 (srcdco@xxxxxxx<mailto:Scott.Canaan@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. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l-- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l