Oracle11g heterogenous data guard Linux-ASM primary, Windows-Filesystem standby

Is it possible to setup a standby database on (Windows 64bit) OS filesystem with 32GB datafile limit that syncs with a primary database on (Linux 64bit) ASM that has datafiles that are larger than 32GB.
There is a Linux-ASM standby in place, this will be an additional standby, to be used as a reporting database using Oracle11g snapshot standby
I have used datapump to export-import from Linux-ASM to Windows-filesystem by precreating additional 32GB datafiles in the Windows database, the import works, it takes too long to import for a reporting database
it's not clear to me how to synchronize the new standby without using RMAN full or incremental backup-restores
Any suggestions or suggested document IDs are welcome!
Thank you,
Drew Salisbury

Hi Drew,
Standby files have to be the same size/distribution as the primary - that can be differnet os, in ASM etc but they have to be the same number and size.
There are some ways to speed up import - parallel etc but in a big database there is always a lot of time lost in index building post data load.
How feasible is it to shrink the datafiles in wondows nack to 32GB......?
Can you set up ASM on windows?
You could use streams or something to replicate and keep the copy you created up to date rather than using physical standby?
Cheers,
Rich

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        nt main err code: 513
    TNS-00513: Destination host unreachable
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        nt OS err code: 0
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            TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production
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      Tracing not turned on.
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    TNS-00513: Destination host unreachable
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    Hello;
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    mseberg

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    TheAlchemist wrote:
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    Hi,
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    For Question 1:
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    mseberg

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    qdcls0388.qdx.com ... OK
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