RE: Interesting RMAN duplicate problem.

>> Ok. I wasn't sure what the purpose was of getting this db
>> open from an old backup.

The purpose is (was) to get a full sized clone of production to do some testing and performance testing of a new "coming soon" release of the application.

My own intention on using an older backup was to try and do a PITR clone rather than a fully up top date clone. It backfired on me and instead of saving 5 or 6 hours taking an rman backup and then cloning that, I wasted my time as the database won't open.

Unfortunately, I've now blown away the original dump files and I'm about half way through a new rman backup ready to duplicate again.

I'm sure that in the past I've had problems of a similar nature when cloning from a hot backup - even with all the archived logs available, I still got errors telling me that the system file would need more recovery to be consistent.

Thanks everyone for input and suggestions.

Cheers,
Norman.

Norman Dunbar
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