1.stop the redo on the standby database sql> alter database recover managed standby database cancel; 2.determine the current SCN for the standby database sql> select current_scn from v$database; 3.use the value for the current SCN to take your incremental backup on the primary rman> run { allocate channel d1 type disk; allocate channel d2 type disk; backup incremental from scn database format '/tmp/dba/bkups/PROD1_%U'; release channel d1; release channel d2; } 4.on the primary obtain a new standby control file and copy it to the physical standby sql> alter database create standby controlfile as '/tmp/stdby.ctl' 5.copy the backup set and control from the primary to the standby use either scp or sftp, etc 6shutdown the standby and replace the controlfile and startup the standby in mount mode 7.sql> startup mount 8. catalog the backup using the target database controlfile rman> catalog start with '/tmp/dba/bkups'; 9.recover the database from the increatment backup using noredo rman> recover database noredo; 10.restart the MRP process sql> alter database recover managed standby database using current logfile disconnect;