Errors in dataguard

Question

Hi
I am getting a typical error in datagurad. W
We have configured physical standby database and we are trying to test failover scenario,
its taking tooo much time. Just stays at the last time. No progress..
alter database commit to switchover to primary wait with session shutdown
Thu Jun 26 15:56:34 2008
ALTER DATABASE COMMIT TO SWITCHOVER TO PRIMARY
Database not recovered through End-Of-REDO
Begin: Wait for standby logfiles to be archived
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hmm, What version of Oracle are you on? Your error message makes me think 9i as the force option is valid in 10g.
If it's 9i then the cancel command should be
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH;
You could even try NOWAIT on the above.
Do you have standby redo logs?
The following is from 9i docs:
Step 4 Initiate the failover operation on the target physical standby database.
If your target standby database was configured with standby redo logs and you have not manually registered any partial archived redo logs, issue the following statement:
SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH;
Otherwise, you must issue the following statement:
SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH
2> SKIP STANDBY LOGFILE;
be interested to hear how you get on.
jason.
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