Copy asm file to different asm

I need to create a copy of a standby database manged with ASM.
How can I copy datafile, controlfile, archive, ecc to new ASM on different server??
thanks a lot
Silvio B

Hi,
With ASM I strongly recommend using rman. RMAN is the only way to keep you out of small problems down the road.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/pdf/RMAN_DataGuard_10g_wp.pdf
You can restore the database to that server if duplicate does not do the job.
Also see the thread.
migrate standby
Regards,
Edited by: gjilevski1 on Aug 11, 2010 12:26 PM

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In other words, pre-Safe Mode the error said "...because some data in "ZillaHAL" could not be read or written." (ZillaHAL is my OS-X drive).
In Safe, it read, "...because some data in "WinXP Pro.vmem" could not be read or written."
"WinXP Pro.vmem" is the virtual machine file - which basically is a simple Mac volume (folder) containing all of the files to run my XP virtual machine.
Also, this time, a file* did manage to remain on the external drive whereas before, after the error, no file at all remained.
* a generic icon appears, but it shows a size of 16+GBs. The actual file is 18.13GB - I did manage to shrink it down the other day (from it's previous 25GB).
Well, that's it for now. I'll be away for three days, so don't mind me if I cannot reply back for a spell.
Thanks BD,
mp

My mac os 10.4.11 desktop requires authorization to copy a file to it.

my mac os 10.4.11 desktop requires authorization to copy a file to it.
I was trying to install some software on my moms computer and she forgot her login password so I changed the passwords on her login and the root user login to the same password. Ever since I have done that her desktop asks for authorization every time I try to move a file to it which after suppling the password it will copy it instead of move it. I tried changing the root to a different password thinking it may have somthing to do with that but it does the same thing. Any ideas?
Thanks
John

It was a permissions problem. My desktop was set to read only. As far as the root user All I did was change its password. Will that activate the root user? I do not see a root user account when I boot in. There is only My login and other to choose from. I booted into the install disk and ran disk utility to correct my permissions and that fixed the desktop. If the root is active how do I deactivate it? I was reading that I need to do this via netinfo manager. Is that correct? If so any layman's terms on how to use this program? Thanks for all the help!!

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