On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Not sure off the top of my head, but I think the auxiliary channel is to be > used only for the DUPLICATE command, not the RESTORE command. > > I think what you want to do is just allocate the one channel for sbt_tape, > spoof your source hostname if you need to (send > 'NB_ORA_CLIENT=source_db_host', or something like that), and then run the > restore. > If restoring files to a different database, or more accurately, a database with a different DBID, you will need to use the SET DBID command. > If you're running Netbackup, your Netbackup admin may also need to do some > setup on their side to allow cross-host restores (aka cross node or > alternate node restores) > Re Netbackup: This is the 'altnames' setup, which differs a bit in how it is setup in Windows and Linux IIRC. IAC, just look up altnames. HTH Jared PS. TMA: How many TLA's can you get in an email. :) > >