RMAN and dataguard wout catalog?

Hello,
We used RMAN for backups and recently implemented a dataguard environment in 10g r2(physical standby). While perusing upgrading to 11g I came across instructions saying you must use a recovery catalog in a dataguard environment. The backups are running on the primary just using the control file and all seems to be working. I did a 'restore database validate' and it succeeded. Is the recovery catalog only necessary if I chose to do the backups on the standby - or is a catalog required in my scenario?
Thanks,
Mark
Edited by: user6061469 on Apr 20, 2011 11:43 AM

You were able to build your standby without using a catalog.
You are able to take backups of your primary without using a catalog.
Where does it say (in the documentation) that a recovery catalog is required ?
With the enforcement of DB_UNIQUE_NAME you can use the same catalog for Primary and Standby backups -- if you run backups from both locations. That is an enhancement. But not a requirement if you don't need to or plan to backup both sites and use a common catalog.
Hemant K Chitale

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