Pablo - Usually you create the standby database by copying all the data
files from the production system. Then it is an identical system, so you can
apply the archive logs from production. With different systems, you couldn't
copy the data files. I'm not even sure you could move the archive logs
You can try. I use the XP as the primary and Win2000
as the standy database machine. It works fine.
--- DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pablo - Usually you create the standby database by
copying all the data
files from the production system. Then it is an
identical system, so you