We use DUPLICATE FOR STANDBY all the time.
Works like a charm (don't forget to create standby controlfile with RMAN first).
Basically, DUPLICATE FOR STANDBY does the same and normal DUPLICATE
but doesn't open database at the end and also restores standby
controlfile instead of normal one.
On 8/1/07, Don Seiler <don_at_seiler.us> wrote:
> Alex, thanks for the tip. I was going to ask about the possiblity of
> creating the new production box as a standby first. Can RMAN be used
> to set up the new standby DB? I haven't done anything in the standby
> arena yet. I'll look into the "duplicate for standby" command set.
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