Creation of Standby database on same host

Question

Hi All,
I am using oracle 9.2.0.1.0 on windows XP machine.
*I want to create the standby database for my primary database on same machine.
But both tha data base is heaving diff instance as well as the diff database name say "ASHU" for primary & "TEST" for standby database.
I took the backup of all datafile and copied it in the standby location.
Generate the standby control file also and copied to the standby location.
But when i am going to start the standby database it is giving the below error:
SQL> startup nomount;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 135338868 bytes
Fixed Size 453492 bytes
Variable Size 109051904 bytes
Database Buffers 25165824 bytes
Redo Buffers 667648 bytes
SQL> alter database mount standby database;
alter database mount standby database
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01103: database name 'ASHU' in controlfile is not 'TEST'
How to rectify it? Please help me
(* This is only for learning pupose , that's why i am going to create both on same host"

Answer 1

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SQL> alter database mount standby database;
alter database mount standby database
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01103: database name 'ASHU' in controlfile is not 'TEST'
How to rectify it? Please help me
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You do not change the dbname of the physical standby database. They always must have the same name as the primary.
Here is a snippet from my standby initialization file for a 9i installation. Notice the parameter LOCK_NAME_SPACE that was replaced in 10g with DB_UNIQUE_NAME
db_file_name_convert=('E:\PRIMA','E:\PHYST')
db_name='PRIMA'
instance_name='PHYST'
service_names='PHYST'
lock_name_space='PHYST'
log_archive_dest_1='LOCATION=E:\PHYST\ARCHIVE'
log_archive_start=TRUE
log_archive_format='%t_%s.arc'
log_file_name_convert=('E:\PRIMA','E:\PHYST')Kind regards
Uwe
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Edited by: Uwe Hesse on 27.07.2009 13:36