Originally posted by yls177

so i changed to the below
1) create standby controlfile
2) being bacup mode for tablespaces
3)rcp
4) end backup mode for tablespaces
5) startup
6) result: beautiful

comments?
Ok if you say so but that does not make any sense

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs...e_ps.htm#63563

which says...
"The control file must also be created after the last time stamp for the backup datafiles."