Restore database to a different server using RMAN hot backup
1. Oracle 10.2.4 and Solaris 5.10
2. Using RMAN catalog
3. Taking hot backups every night. Every backup includes archive logs, backup of spilfe and controlfile
I am trying to simulate a scenario whereby my db server is not available. I would like to restore and recover to a different server using hot backup as described above. I am not sure which docs to follow. Would cloning db makes sense here? What if my db is on 10.2.4 version and I am restoring to a server with 10.2.3 version - would that work? Could you direct me to clear docs that would describe what I am trying to accomplish?