Kart, No, you have to return to the original primary or switch the standby to be a primary. Tried that, it failed and OTS responded. Richard Goulet Senior Oracle DBA/Na Team Leader -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of unixkeeper Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 1:44 AM To: kp0773@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: rman duplicate from active database On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:57, K R <kp0773@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, > Can I use rman duplicate from active standby database to build > another standby database in 11g. > > Thanks > Kart > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/demos/db/11g/r2/dg/04_dg_rman_create_phys_sby/04_dg_rman_create_phys_sby_viewlet_swf.html -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l