Standby from active database

Question

Hello,
I am attempting to create a physical standby database, following this guide:
http://www.oracle.com/global/uk/education/downloads/uwe_data_guard.pdf
as well as the oracle documentation on Data Guard. Using Oracle 11gR2 patched at #7 running on Windows Server 2008.
I've set all the parameters, created password files and checked connectivity. Hopefully correctly. I will post pfile exports at the end.
Here is where I hit a dead end.
RMAN> connect target system/password@HPROD89
connected to target database : HPROD89 (DBID)
RMAN> connect auxiliary sys/password@HPROD89STND
connected to auxiliary database: HPROD89STND (not mounted)
RMAN> duplicate target database for standby from active database;Error from spool. I need to spool the file to get the error code, otherwise the only thing rman provides is a "error message stack follows" message with nothing after that.
RMAN-03002: failure of Duplicate Db command at 11/19/2010 21:24:04
RMAN-06136: ORACLE error from auxiliary database: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLEI'm running rman on the standby server with the database in NOMOUNT as the guide linked above suggests. This raises a simple question to start with: what server do I run rman on? The one with the primary database, or on the standby?
I hope it's just because it's getting late, but this issue has me confused .. rman clearly connects the auxiliary, but when trying to perform the actual duplication, it's not connected.
Thanks for input.
Regards.

Answer 1

primary parameters:
hprod89.__db_cache_size=3825205248
hprod89.__java_pool_size=33554432
hprod89.__large_pool_size=33554432
hprod89.__oracle_base='C:\app\oracle'#ORACLE_BASE set from environment
hprod89.__pga_aggregate_target=4127195136
hprod89.__sga_target=6375342080
hprod89.__shared_io_pool_size=0
hprod89.__shared_pool_size=2415919104
hprod89.__streams_pool_size=0
*._gby_hash_aggregation_enabled=FALSE
*._unnest_subquery=FALSE
*.audit_file_dest='C:\app\oracle\admin\HPROD89\adump'
*.audit_trail='db'
*.compatible='11.2.0.0.0'
*.control_files='E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89\controlfiles\control01.ctl','E:\oracle\oraflash\HPROD89\controlfiles\control02.ctl'
*.db_block_size=8192
*.db_domain='ad.rferl.org'
*.db_file_name_convert='E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89STND\datafiles\','E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89\datafiles\'
*.db_files=1021
*.db_name='HPROD89'
*.db_recovery_file_dest='E:\oracle\oraflash'
*.db_recovery_file_dest_size=104857600000
*.diagnostic_dest='C:\app\oracle'
*.dispatchers='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=HPROD89XDB)'
*.fal_server='HPROD89STND'
*.log_archive_config='dg_config=(HPROD89, HPROD89STND)'
*.log_checkpoint_interval=0
*.log_checkpoint_timeout=0
*.log_file_name_convert='E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89STND\redologs\','E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89\redologs\'
*.memory_target=10485760000
*.nls_language='ENGLISH'
*.nls_length_semantics='CHAR'
*.nls_territory='CZECH REPUBLIC'
*.open_cursors=300
*.processes=150
*.remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE'
*.standby_file_management='AUTO'
*.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1'
standby:
hprod89stnd.__db_cache_size=5100273664
hprod89stnd.__java_pool_size=33554432
hprod89stnd.__large_pool_size=33554432
hprod89stnd.__oracle_base='C:\app\oracle'#ORACLE_BASE set from environment
hprod89stnd.__pga_aggregate_target=4227858432
hprod89stnd.__sga_target=6274678784
hprod89stnd.__shared_io_pool_size=0
hprod89stnd.__shared_pool_size=1040187392
hprod89stnd.__streams_pool_size=0
*._gby_hash_aggregation_enabled=FALSE
*._unnest_subquery=FALSE
*.audit_file_dest='C:\app\oracle\admin\HPROD89STND\adump'
*.audit_trail='db'
*.compatible='11.2.0.0.0'
*.control_files='E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89STND\controlfiles\control01.ctl','E:\oracle\oraflash\HPROD89STND\controlfiles\control02.ctl'
*.db_block_size=8192
*.db_domain=''
*.db_file_name_convert='E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89\datafiles\','E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89STND\datafiles\'
*.db_files=1021
*.db_name='HPROD89S'
*.db_recovery_file_dest='E:\oracle\oraflash'
*.db_recovery_file_dest_size=104857600000
*.db_unique_name='HPROD89STND'
*.diagnostic_dest='C:\app\oracle'
*.dispatchers='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=HPROD89STNDXDB)'
*.log_checkpoint_interval=0
*.log_checkpoint_timeout=0
*.log_file_name_convert='E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89\redologs\','E:\oracle\oradata\HPROD89STND\redologs\'
*.memory_target=10485760000
*.nls_language='ENGLISH'
*.nls_length_semantics='CHAR'
*.nls_territory='CZECH REPUBLIC'
*.open_cursors=300
*.processes=150
*.remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE'
*.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1'