Hello Pando..

I am following this article: Note:18070.1 from metalink

Subject: How to Make a Copy of a Database on the Same Unix Machine :

Only difference is that, I am doing on a different machine.. So, I have to copy the physical structure carefully..

After going through the article, it says that I should copy all datafiles, logfiles and controlfiles to the Target database and issue recreate controlfile cmd using resetlogs..

When i use resetlogs, doesn't oracle create redologs automatically in path specified in controlfile.. if it does not find them physically. If so, is it OK to copy only ctlfiles and datafiles and let controlfile creatn command create redologs..

Thanks, ST2003