Oh I had no idea about the checksyntax option. That is sweet! On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:54 AM, max scalf <oracle.blog3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> how would i get the spfile/control file restore? > > > Recovery Manager complete. > > poirot-jkstill-~-11:04:00 > > rman target / checksyntax > > RMAN> restore controlfile from tag 'SYS'; > > The command has no syntax errors > > RMAN> restore spfile from tag 'SYS'; > > The command has no syntax errors > > > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com > Home Page: http://jaredstill.com > -- Don Seiler http://www.seiler.us