El mié, 04-02-2009 a las 16:51 +0000, Howard Latham escribió: > Thanks - That only works if the files are in the same place on the > primary database. What if the layout if different.? ? primary: alter database create standby controlfile as '/path/stb.ctl'; scp /path/stb.ctl to standby host standby host be sure to have the file name convert,log name convert and control_file parameters in your database parameter file, pointing to the new locations sql>startup nomount rman>restore controlfile from stb.ctl sql>alter database mount standby database; sql>alter database recover managed standby database disconnect from session; coffee while data guard synchronizes HTH D. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l