I totally agree with Tanel (who doesn't). On Unix I've found that you can create a link to the backup location on = your production server, then on your test server create the same link, and = put the RMAN backup pieces in that location. This is the best way I've come = up with to fool RMAN on the test server recovery. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tanel P=F5der Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 4:47 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RMAN Recovery without Catalog > My doubt here is .. how will RMAN get the files ? Where will it go = and find > /read the files from ? It will read the controlfile you copied and get the backupset locations = from there - so it'll get the backupsets from the same directory name where = you used to back them up. It won't log on to your original host_A or = anything, you have to make this directory available on your host_B as well (using = NFS for example). And the database files will be restored exactly to the same directories = as they've used to be in the source database, but you can change the = locations using SET NEWNAME command before restoring in RMAN. Tanel. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------