Ron, Have you tried this: UNIX> rman RMAN> connect target / RMAN> connect rcvcat rman/rman@rman RMAN> register database This is what you do when all is working well. You of course need to add the new rman server to your target DB server's tnsnames file, etc. Best regards, David B. Wagoner Database Administrator -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l