RMAN Duplicate Database

RMAN duplicate database is a new feature added to 11g database.
With this feature you can duplicate your target database without bringing down any services on it.

This feature is basically used for creating up the Standby Databases.



rman target sys/XXX@SID auxiliary sys/XXX@SID

 run
{
DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE TO 'XXXX' FROM ACTIVE DATABASE nofilenamecheck;
}
exit