William, Oracle does support such. I did it and it worked.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 5:06 PM, William Muriithi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:william.muriithi@gmail.com" target="_blank">william.muriithi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Victor,</p><div class="im">
<p>&gt;Has anyone before created a standby database from Windows to any *nix<br>
&gt; platform? Windows being the primary db and *nix being the active standby.<br>
&gt; Helpful ideas are welcome. Thank you. NB: in Oracle 11g.<br>
&gt;</p>
</div><p>Oracle do not support such an arrangement. Look at the requirements and you will see that stated explicitly.</p>
<p>You either stay with Windows or switch to Unix<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; Regards,<br>
&gt; Victor Kisovi<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Muriithi </font></span></p>
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