Oracle Standby Server

OK, this isn't really a replication question but anyway...I am implementing an Oracle Standby Server environment using Oracle 8i. In Oracle 9i, there is a initialisation parameter called ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET which sets the maximum period between archiving of the online redo log. This parameter does not exist in Oracle 8i, so can I implement similar functionality by setting up a cron job to execute "ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT" at regular intervals?
Or does anyone have any other suggestions (apart from moving to 9i :-) )

Hi Vaclav,
At the first stage, you should decide to select which strategy is suitable, for your specific needs.There are two options; switchover or failover strategy. Switchover is little bit hard to configure than failover data guard installation, but more effective. Under this circumstance, I recommend you choose switchover strategy in your SAP landscape.
After you determined the correct scenario for your needs, then you can start the configuration.
Best regards,
Orkun Gedik
Senior SAP Netweaver and Development Consultant
SAP Technical Architect

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libtalloc-2.0.1-1.1.el6.x86_64
cryptsetup-luks-libs-1.2.0-7.el6.x86_64
boost-program-options-1.41.0-11.0.1.el6_1.2.x86_64
libreport-python-2.0.9-5.0.1.el6.x86_64
perl-XML-Grove-0.46alpha-40.el6.noarch
which-2.19-6.el6.x86_64
libreport-cli-2.0.9-5.0.1.el6.x86_64
wireless-tools-29-5.1.1.el6.x86_64
bzip2-1.0.5-7.el6_0.x86_64
ypbind-1.20.4-29.el6.x86_64
nano-2.0.9-7.el6.x86_64
libgssglue-0.1-11.el6.x86_64
vconfig-1.9-8.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.x86_64
b43-fwcutter-012-2.2.el6.x86_64
libmng-1.0.10-4.1.el6.x86_64
libffi-3.0.5-3.2.el6.x86_64
ivtv-firmware-20080701-20.2.noarch
python-ethtool-0.6-1.el6.x86_64
iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-4.el6.noarch
bc-1.06.95-1.el6.x86_64
words-3.0-17.el6.noarch
mysql-server-5.1.61-4.el6.x86_64
python-kerberos-1.1-6.2.el6.x86_64
rpm-4.8.0-27.el6.x86_64
libpcap-1.0.0-6.20091201git117cb5.el6.x86_64
passwd-0.77-4.el6_2.2.x86_64
chkconfig-1.3.49.3-2.el6.x86_64
cvs-1.11.23-11.el6_2.1.x86_64
libuuid-2.17.2-12.7.el6.x86_64
perl-DBI-1.609-4.el6.x86_64
at-3.1.10-43.el6_2.1.x86_64
pygobject2-2.20.0-5.el6.x86_64
gawk-3.1.7-9.el6.x86_64
libgudev1-147-2.42.el6.x86_64
python-nose-0.10.4-3.1.el6.noarch
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-127.el6.x86_64
ntsysv-1.3.49.3-2.el6.x86_64
perl-Module-Load-0.16-127.el6.x86_64
trace-cmd-1.0.5-7.el6.x86_64
theora-tools-1.1.0-2.el6.x86_64
libtiff-3.9.4-6.el6_3.x86_64
perl-DBD-SQLite-1.27-3.el6.x86_64
nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-6.el6.x86_64
libXfixes-4.0.4-1.el6.x86_64
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-127.el6.x86_64
kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.x86_64
qt3-3.3.8b-30.el6.x86_64
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-127.el6.x86_64
boost-graph-1.41.0-11.0.1.el6_1.2.x86_64
ncurses-devel-5.7-3.20090208.el6.x86_64
pango-1.28.1-3.el6_0.5.x86_64
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-127.el6.x86_64
gstreamer-0.10.29-1.0.1.el6.x86_64
libXmu-1.0.5-1.el6.x86_64
foomatic-db-4.0-7.20091126.el6.noarch
pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.x86_64
tcp_wrappers-7.6-57.el6.x86_64
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.29-1.el6.x86_64
pinentry-0.7.6-6.el6.x86_64
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.152-1.el6.x86_64
iproute-2.6.32-20.el6.x86_64
boost-signals-1.41.0-11.0.1.el6_1.2.x86_64
krb5-libs-1.9-33.el6_3.3.x86_64
atlas-3.8.4-2.el6.x86_64
cdparanoia-libs-10.2-5.1.el6.x86_64
postgresql-libs-8.4.13-1.el6_3.x86_64
redhat-lsb-4.0-3.0.1.el6.x86_64
sssd-client-1.8.0-32.el6.x86_64
python-qpid-qmf-0.14-14.0.1.el6_3.x86_64
seekwatcher-0.12-5.el6.noarch
libcurl-7.19.7-26.el6_2.4.x86_64
I want to upgrade my OS from official repository on Primary and Standby Servers. And I have a question:
Will I have a problem with my RDBMS after upgrade OS (e.g. statuses in dba_registry will become INVALID)?

It's Ok.
Now I have:
$ cat /etc/issue
Oracle Linux Server release 6.4
No any problem.

Will RMAN delete archive log files on a Standby server?

Environment:
Oracle 11.2.0.3 EE on Solaris 10.5
I am currently NOT using an RMAN repository (coming soon).
I have a Primary database sending log files to a Standby.
My Retention Policy is set to 'RECOVERY WINDOW OF 8 DAYS'.
Question: Will RMAN delete the archive log files on the Standby server after they become obsolete based on the Retention Policy or do I need to remove them manually via O/S command?
Does the fact that I'm NOT using an RMAN Repository at the moment make a difference?
Couldn't find the answer in the docs.
Thanks very much!!
-gary

Hello again Gary;
Sorry for the delay.
Why is what you suggested better?
No, its not better, but I prefer to manage the archive. This method works, period.
Does that fact (running a backup every 4 hours) make my archivelog deletion policy irrelevant?
No. The policy is important.
Having the Primary set to :
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO APPLIED ON STANDBYBut set to "NONE" on the Standby.
Means the worst thing that can happen is RMAN will bark when you try to delete something. ( this is a good thing )
How do I prevent the archive backup process from backing up an archive log file before it gets shipped to the standby?
Should be a non-issue, the archive does not move, the REDO is transported and applied. There's SQL to monitor both ( Transport and Apply )
For Data Guard I would consider getting a copy of
"Oracle Data Guard 11g Handbook" - Larry Carpenter (AKA Dr. Paranoid ) ISBN 978-0-07-162111-2
Best Oracle book I've read in 10 years. Covers a ton of ground clearly.
Also Data Guard forum here :
Data Guard
Best Regards
mseberg
Edited by: mseberg on Apr 10, 2012 4:39 PM

Logical standby server stopped applying changes

Hi
I set up a logical standby database with database guard and it worked fine for some time. But recently I had to use it again and discovered that applying changes from primary database to secondary database just stopped working. I see in V$ARCHIVED_LOG one entry per day. If I restart the logical standby then the changes from primary server are also applied. But if I just make a change on primary server and even call 'alter system switch logfile' then I see an entry in V$ARCHIVED_LOG on primary server but not on standby server (BTW in general there are much more entries in this view on the primary server). I checked pairs of log files indicated by the parameter *.log_file_name_convert in standby server's spfile: their last changed date is always the same.
I will paste spfile of my standby server (dh5). Primary server name is dh2.
dh2.__db_cache_size=79691776
dh5.__db_cache_size=96468992
dh2.__java_pool_size=4194304
dh5.__java_pool_size=4194304
dh2.__large_pool_size=4194304
dh5.__large_pool_size=4194304
dh2.__shared_pool_size=71303168
dh5.__shared_pool_size=54525952
dh2.__streams_pool_size=0
dh5.__streams_pool_size=0
*.audit_file_dest='/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/dh5/adump'
*.background_dump_dest='/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/dh5/bdump'
*.compatible='10.2.0.1.0'
*.control_files='/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/oradata/dh5/control01.ctl'
*.core_dump_dest='/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/dh5/cdump'
*.db_block_size=8192
*.db_domain=''
*.db_file_multiblock_read_count=16
*.db_file_name_convert='dh2','dh5'
*.db_name='dh7'
*.db_recovery_file_dest='/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/flash_recovery_area'
*.db_recovery_file_dest_size=2147483648
*.db_unique_name='dh5'
*.dispatchers='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=dh2XDB)'
*.fal_client='dh5'
*.fal_server='dh2'
*.job_queue_processes=10
*.log_archive_config='DG_CONFIG=(dh2,dh5)'
*.log_archive_dest_1='LOCATION=/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/oradata/dh5_local
VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILES,ALL_ROLES)
DB_UNIQUE_NAME=dh5'
*.log_archive_dest_2='SERVICE=dh2 LGWR ASYNC
VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILES,PRIMARY_ROLE)
DB_UNIQUE_NAME=dh2'
*.log_archive_dest_3='LOCATION=/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/oradata/dh5
VALID_FOR=(STANDBY_LOGFILES,STANDBY_ROLES)
DB_UNIQUE_NAME=dh5'
*.log_archive_dest_state_1='ENABLE'
*.log_archive_dest_state_2='ENABLE'
*.log_archive_dest_state_3='ENABLE'
*.log_archive_format='%t_%s_%r.arc'
*.log_archive_max_processes=30
*.log_file_name_convert='oradata/dh2/redo01.log','flash_recovery_area/DH5/onlinelog/o1_mf_4_5x0o5grc_.log','oradata/dh2/r
edo02.log','flash_recovery_area/DH5/onlinelog/o1_mf_5_5x0o61mw_.log','oradata/dh2/redo03.log','flash_recovery_area/DH5/on
linelog/o1_mf_6_5x0o63gj_.log'
*.nls_language='AMERICAN'
*.open_cursors=300
*.pga_aggregate_target=311427072
*.processes=150
*.remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE'
*.sga_target=167772160
*.undo_management='AUTO'
*.undo_retention=3600
*.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1'
*.user_dump_dest='/var/lib/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/admin/dh5/udump'
Thanks in advance for any help.
JM

Hi,
Nice to hear you issue got resolved.
It is good practice to keep monitoring the progress of SQL apply on the logical standby on a regular basis.
You can mark my response as helpful if it has helped you.
Regards
Anudeep

Standby server in oracle9i standard edition under linix

Hi,
I want to know more abt the standby server option on oracle 9i standard edition, whether is it possible or not, if yes give me step by step doc and useful scripts for automating the system.
thanx in advance.

Hi,
look in the "Data Guard Concepts and Administration"-Dokumentation(Help CD). All steps you have todo, are descriped there.
For Online-Help, look here:
http://otn.oracle.com/pls/db92/drilldown?word=Data+Guard&wildcards=0&remark=federated_search

Standby server - WAIT_FOR_GAP error

Hi,
I have a Oracle Dataguard 10.2 running on Windows and found a WAIT_FOR_GAP error on the standby server.
--> alert log of standby
Sun Jan 30 20:00:04 2011
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION
MRP0 started with pid=18, OS id=2452
Managed Standby Recovery not using Real Time Apply
parallel recovery started with 3 processes
Sun Jan 30 20:00:13 2011
Waiting for all non-current ORLs to be archived...
Clearing online redo logfile 10 E:\ORACLE\A30\ORIGLOGA\LOG_G10_M1.DBF
Clearing online log 10 of thread 1 sequence number 17848
Sun Jan 30 20:00:13 2011
Errors in file z:\oracle\a30\saptrace\background\a30_mrp0_2452.trc:
ORA-19527: physical standby redo log must be renamed
ORA-00312: online log 10 thread 1: 'E:\ORACLE\A30\ORIGLOGA\LOG_G10_M1.DBF'
Clearing online redo logfile 10 complete
Media Recovery Log L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC17856_0681431456.001
Sun Jan 30 20:00:13 2011
Completed: ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION
Sun Jan 30 20:00:33 2011
Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 sequence 17857
Sun Jan 30 20:51:19 2011
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
RFS[636]: Assigned to RFS process 4976
RFS[636]: Identified database type as 'physical standby'
Primary database is in MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE mode
Primary database is in MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE mode
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
Fetching gap sequence in thread 1, gap sequence 17857-17863
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
RFS[637]: Assigned to RFS process 4012
RFS[637]: Identified database type as 'physical standby'
Sun Jan 30 20:52:20 2011
RFS[637]: Archived Log: 'L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC17864_0681431456.001'
Sun Jan 30 20:56:34 2011
FAL[client]: Failed to request gap sequence
GAP - thread 1 sequence 17857-17863
DBID 3371425568 branch 681431456
FAL[client]: All defined FAL servers have been attempted.
Check that the CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME initialization
parameter is defined to a value that is sufficiently large
enough to maintain adequate log switch information to resolve
archivelog gaps.
Sun Jan 30 22:00:44 2011
RFS[636]: Archived Log: 'L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC17865_0681431456.001'
Primary database is in MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE mode
SQL> select process,sequence#,status from v$managed_standby;
PROCESS    SEQUENCE# STATUS
ARCH               0 CONNECTED
ARCH               0 CONNECTED
MRP0           17857 WAIT_FOR_GAP
RFS                0 IDLE
RFS                0 IDLE
RFS                0 IDLE
SQL> select * from v$archive_gap;
   THREAD# LOW_SEQUENCE# HIGH_SEQUENCE#
         1         17857          17863
SQL> select sequence#,applied from v$archived_log order by sequence#;
SEQUENCE# APP
     17855 YES
     17856 YES <--- Gap here
     17864 NO
     17865 NO
     17866 NO
     17867 NO
     17868 NO
     17869 NO
     17870 NO
     17871 NO
     17872 NO
SEQUENCE# APP
     17873 NO
     17874 NO
     17875 NO
     17876 NO
     17877 NO
     17878 NO
     17879 NO <--- Gap here
     17889 NO
     17890 NO
     17891 NO
     17892 NO
SEQUENCE# APP
     18067 NO
     18068 NO
     18069 NO
     18070 NO
     18071 NO
     18072 NO
4032 rows selected.
--> alert log of primary
Sun Jan 30 20:00:03 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c8.1f6c6.0], current log tail at RBA [0x45c8.1f7f5.0]
Sun Jan 30 20:05:04 2011
ALTER SYSTEM SET log_archive_dest_state_2='ENABLE' SCOPE=BOTH;
Sun Jan 30 20:30:11 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c8.201e2.0], current log tail at RBA [0x45c8.20215.0]
Sun Jan 30 20:51:12 2011
Destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 is UNSYNCHRONIZED
LGWR: Setting 'active' archival for destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2
LNSb started with pid=50, OS id=1792
Sun Jan 30 20:51:19 2011
Destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 no longer supports SYNCHRONIZATION
Beginning log switch checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c9.2.10], SCN: 276988485
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 17865 (LGWR switch)
Current log# 17 seq# 17865 mem# 0: F:\ORACLE\A30\ORIGLOGB\LOG_G17_M1.DBF
Current log# 17 seq# 17865 mem# 1: E:\ORACLE\A30\MIRRLOGB\LOG_G17_M2.DBF
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
ARC1: LGWR is actively archiving destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2
Sun Jan 30 20:51:25 2011
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Sun Jan 30 20:56:35 2011
Completed checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c9.2.10], SCN: 276988485

Hi,
I've seen that, if the following message persists for a long time, then it is an ERROR.
FAL[client]: Failed to request gap sequence GAP - thread 1 sequence 17857-17863 DBID 3371425568 branch 681431456 FAL[client]: All defined FAL servers have been attempted.
The possibility is that log shipping of 17857 is stuck. It is not stuck because of any network disconnect, as it is in the case you mentioned. It is probably due to the following.
The parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 on standby is set as L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC and STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST is also set to L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC. When a GAP is identified, standby database tries to pull the missing files FROM PRIMARY, and the in turn when you enable standby destination on primary (log_archive_dest_state_2 = enabled), it starts shipping logfiles on its OWN.
When such a situation occurs in a system when archived logs are generated at a high rate, it can happen that the file which standby is trying to pull is being pushed/already pushed by primary database. Then a conflict arise, and standby deletes the file and tries to pull it again...this may go on in a loop. (because the locations are SAME).
When i had this issue, I maintained different locations for LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 and STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST on standby database. After this is done, you will find that the logs shipped by primary are written in STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST. The file written in this location will be used by the standby database only when you do a managed recovery. If you are doing a manual recovery by issuing the command RECOVER STANDBY DATABASE; then, the stanbdby database will check if the file exists in LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1.
The point is, when there is BIG gap, then you have the option of doing the following procedure.
1. On the primary database keep LOG_ARCHIVE DESTSTATE_2 = enable
2. On the standby ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE CANCEL.
3. Copy the missing archive logs sequence from the primary to standby's LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 and perform manual recovery on standby untill the gap is over.
4. issue the command ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT to start managed recovery. ( This will use the files present in STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST ).
Hope the above procedure helps.
Note: If the GAP is not that big and you see that last applied log is advancing, then conflict is not there...standby will automatically fill the GAP. But it is advised to maintain different location for the parameters i mentioned.
Regards,
Anish
Edited by: Mohammed Anish on Feb 10, 2011 6:48 AM

Tnsnames.ora / listener.ora files on Oracle Standby Database

Hi I am configuring an Oracle Standby Database to my production system 4.7 and Oracle 9.2.0.4
My production server is: PR01
Database SID: PRD
Standby database server is: PRDR
Database SID: PRD
I have already configured the server to a standby database offline backup. Was generated the control files of the standby database and the database is in standby mode.
Now I will create a script to start the synchronization of offline redolog from the production server to standby server.
I have a question: in the document SAP Oracle Standby Database, tells me I should change the tnsnames.ora production server pointing to an additional entry disaster recovery server. The tnsnames.ora file must have two entries??? corresponding to a production server and another to the disaster recovery server??
In several links of oracle tells me I should configure listener.ora disaster recovery server that is true??
Guys my question is: where should I change my listener.ora and tnsnames.ora files?
Please clear my doubt.
Best regards,
Desiree

Hi Desiree,
The entry in your TNSNAMES.ORA is a nothing but a tns service, when you define archive log destination it will point to a service. This service's host name will be resolved in your tnsnsmaes.ora file.
Below is the eg of an entry in pfile:
*.log_archive_dest_2='SERVICE=<service_name> ARCH OPTIONAL'
Below is the entry in your tnsnames.ora file
<service_name>.WORLD=
(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS =
          (COMMUNITY = SAP.WORLD)
          (PROTOCOL = TCP)
          (HOST = <DR_HOST>)
          (PORT = 1527)
    (CONNECT_DATA =
       (SID = <DB_SID>)
       (GLOBAL_NAME = <DB_SID>.WORLD)
So, your tnsnames.ora will have one entry for your host and the other for the DR host, i.e two entries.
Listener entry for the convenience when there is a switch over.
Regards,
Bala

Starting oracle weblogic server as windows Service

hi dear friends,
i am working with oracle Weblogic server 10.3 and oracle Jdeveloper 11g
i have an Ear file and deployed it on weblogic server and that work truly
now,i want to start my server with windows Services
for this goal i read some of the documents and created a windows service for my server
when i started windows Service of the server just console of weblogic is start
when i used debug mode for checking errors
i saw bottom errors:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.dms.wls.DMSStartup
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Jul 26, 2009 9:09:32 AM IRDT> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000286> <Failed to invoke startup class "ODL-Startup", java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.core.ojdl.weblogic.ODLConfiguration
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.core.ojdl.weblogic.ODLConfiguration
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Jul 26, 2009 9:09:32 AM IRDT> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000286> <Failed to invoke startup class "JPS Startup Class", java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.security.jps.wls.JpsWlsStartupClass
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.security.jps.wls.JpsWlsStartupClass
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Jul 26, 2009 9:09:32 AM IRDT> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149617> <Non-critical internal application uddi was not deployed. Error: [Deployer:149158]No application files exist at 'C:\NEWORA~1\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\uddi.war'.>
<Jul 26, 2009 9:09:32 AM IRDT> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149617> <Non-critical internal application uddiexplorer was not deployed. Error: [Deployer:149158]No application files exist at 'C:\NEWORA~1\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\uddiexplorer.war'.>
<Jul 26, 2009 9:09:33 AM IRDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STANDBY>
<Jul 26, 2009 9:09:33 AM IRDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STARTING>
<Jul 26, 2009 9:09:34 AM IRDT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149205> <Failed to initialize the application 'requestEar' due to error weblogic.management.DeploymentException: .
weblogic.management.DeploymentException:
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.BaseLifecycleFlow$CreateListenerAction.run(BaseLifecycleFlow.java:171)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.BaseLifecycleFlow$BaseAction.invoke(BaseLifecycleFlow.java:99)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.HeadLifecycleFlow.createListener(HeadLifecycleFlow.java:117)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.adf.share.weblogic.listeners.ADFApplicationLifecycleListener
at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findLocalClass(GenericClassLoader.java:283)
at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findClass(GenericClassLoader.java:256)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.loadClass(GenericClassLoader.java:176)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
how do solve their?

hi
i used your recommendation and set %WL_HOME%\common\bin\*commEnv.cmd to my path
in this case when i am starting service of my server from windows Service console
and then checked Deployment Files on my server
i saw my EAR File could not start and it state was failed
when i started from weblogic console
it had error deploying time
that error was :
weblogic.common.ResourceException: weblogic.common.ResourceException:
Could not create pool connection. The DBMS driver exception was: Locale not recognized
how do i solve it
regards
aghaluie

ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied in Standby Server

Hello,
In Standby Server , when executing logs applying process it shows an error.
It happens suddenly
Now logs from PRD to standby is not applying.
Error log is as follows:
BR0002I BRARCHIVE 7.00 (42)
BR0006I Start of offline redo log processing: aehrjpck.svd 2012-01-17 08.38.34
BR0484I BRARCHIVE log file: /oracle/PRD/saparch/aehrjpck.svd
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2012-01-17 08.38.34
BR0301W SQL error -1017 at location BrDbConnect-2, SQL statement:
'CONNECT system/********@PRD.WORLD'
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
BR0310W Connect to database instance PRD/PRIMARY failed.
BR0338E Applying offline redo log file /oracle/PRD/oraarch/standby/PRDarch1_24090_696018700.dbf failed
BR0338E Applying offline redo log file /oracle/PRD/oraarch/standby/PRDarch1_24091_696018700.dbf failed
BR0016I 0 offline redo log files processed, total size 0.000 MB
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2012-01-17 08.38.36
BR0301W SQL error -1017 at location BrDbConnect-2, SQL statement:
'CONNECT system/********@PRD.WORLD'
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
BR0310W Connect to database instance PRD/PRIMARY failed
BR0007I End of offline redo log processing: aehrjpck.svd 2012-01-17 08.38.36
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2012-01-17 08.38.36
BR0005I BRARCHIVE terminated with errors
Standby DB is in mount state
I have checked from v$instance.
# select status from v$instance;
MOUNTED
Logs applying commadt is as follows;
# brarchive -u system/systempwd -c -f -d disk -m 30 -sd
How can i check whether , the status of SYSTEM user?
Since Standby is in mount state, im not allowed to query DBA_USERS
How can i check whether , SYSTEM user is locked or not.
Is it possible to change the password of SYSTEM , while DB is in mount state.
I have tried like this;
#sqlplus
/ as sysdba
<It logon as sys - success>
conn SYSTEM
Enter password: systempwd
ERROR:
ORA-01033: ORACLE Initialization or shutdown in progress
Warning: You are not longer connected to ORACLE
Im not able to connect as SYSTEM user.
What should be the solution for this;
regards,
Zerandib

Is it possible to maintain different passwords for users in Standby and PrimaryFor SYSTEM user, you don't need to worry because when you change SYSTEM user password on primary, it will automatically be updated on the standby because password is saved in data dictionary and data dictionary change is also propagated at the standby standby site. More importantly, you will not be able to perform any data change on standby site in any case (password change of any user other than SYSDBA is a "data change" actually)
For SYS password, no you can't have a different password on primary and standby site(s)
Salman

Standby server time zone - sync-up with primary

As we are running our database with physical standby database - Oracle 10.2.0.3, O/S RHEL4 ES
now the primary database server time zone is set to EST Time Zone and Standby database server is set to PST time Zone
We would need to Sync-up standby time zone with Primary database server (EST)
and also the standby server is having 2 instances,
1. standby instance
2. independent instance
We are running rman for both the instances in standby server
as part of this time sync, we need to bring down both the instances then reset the time zone in standby server as primary and bring both the instances up and run the rman backup.
is this fine.
Please let us know if this is fine or do we need to perform anything more.
Thanks,
AJ

Please see the attached screenshot, which is of the last page of the Sync Setup process. It says to backup your Sync Key, and it offers a Print ... button and a Save... button. The correct Sync Key is necessary to recover your data, it is the encryption / decryption key. Sorry, without it your data is useless.

Oracle standby database creation different backup location

Hi,
I am using Oracle EE 11gR2 on aix 6.2.I am tring to create a standby database.The directory structure od primary and standby database server are different.
I am taking backup (RMAN) at /u01/backup directory on primary server and shipping those backup to standby server at /u05/backup.While duplication the rman unable to locate backup pieces at Dr server as those backups are located on different location from Dc.How to over come this situation.catalog start with is not working.
Regards
DBAFORU

Hello;
Since you are on Oracle 11 one option would be duplicate from active primary. You can use the Standby parameters of DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT and LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT for the directory structure.
duplicate target database for standby from active database NOFILENAMECHECK;
How To Restore From An Old Backupset Using RMAN? (Doc ID 209214.1)
Step by Step Guide on Creating Physical Standby Using RMAN DUPLICATE...FROM ACTIVE DATABASE (Doc ID 1075908.1)
RMAN ACTIVE DUPLICATE WHEN CONNECTED TO STANDBY AS TARGET (Doc ID 1343515.1)
Creating a Physical Standby Database (Doc ID 1475344.1)
Best Regards
mseberg

Single license / Standby Server Preparedness

I have a production server with a Standard Edition One single CPU license. I need to be ready in case the server has a problem and I need to stand up a new server.
At what point is it required to buy another license?
Case 1:
Standby Server: Oracle is not installed.
Primary Server does level 0, level 1 backups to the Flash Recovery Area. The backups are copied the Standby server each night. Furthermore the archive logs are copied to Standby as they are created.
Recovery would involve, installing Oracle and then using rman to restore and recover.
Case 2:
Standby Server: Oracle is installed, it only has the sample schema and is shutdown.
Primary Server does level 0, level 1 backups to the Flash Recovery Area. The backups are copied the Standby server each night. Furthermore the archive logs are copied to Standby as they are created.
Recovery would involve, starting Oracle and then using rman to restore and recover from the FRA.
Case 3:
Standby Server: Oracle is installed, communicates to Primary via Net8, has a copy of the primary database, is mounted and applying archive logs throughout the day.
Primary Server does level 0, level 1 backups to the Flash Recovery Area. The backups are copied the Standby server each night. Furthermore the archive logs are copied to Standby as they are created. Standby applies the arcivelogs via .bat script.
Recovery would involve, applying the last archive log and opening.
I’m trying to find the fastest road to recovering to a new server without needing to shell out $5k for a license and another $1k per year for support.

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I'm pretty sure doing any of my proposed solutions is of the developer license, as this a production environment. It seems like it a violation of the license to have Oracle installed on 2 servers even if one is shutdown.
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That would be my opinion as well.
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It's like Oracle requires us to install it on the 2nd server only when the 1st server it out of commission. I really don't know.
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Still don't know why you don't have an image backup of the disk partition that Oracle consumes.
I have multiple OS's installed on machines in their own partitions. On Linux you can easily use the DD command to copy an entire partition, sector by sector, to a backup file. Restoring it takes only a few minutes even for a 20 GB partition. An Oracle-only installation is nowhere near that size.
I can restore the OS or an installed app in a few minutes from an image backup. This is really easy on Linux since there is no registry to deal with. At some point you need to start heading towards virtual disks.
Using Oracle's VM technology you just have a VM template (image) that gets deployed to a server. You only need the license for the servers you actually deploy to. So if a server goes down you redeploy the OS template to another server and keep right on trucking.
You should really look into VM and start getting familiar with it. It is a game changer.
The Oracle VM Templates main page is
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/vm/database-092479.html
They have a VM Templates for RAC also.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/vm/rac-template-11grel2-166623.html
Using Oracle's virtual box you have plenty of pre-built developer VMs available for download
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/developer-vm/index.html
And plenty of Oracle-provided articles about how to use VirtualBox and those templates
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/howto-use-vb-templates-1695904.html
I have a single server that has multiple VMs running on it for different OSs including Windows XP. I rarely pick up any viruses because each system is in its own virtual machine. Periodically I just redeploy a VM template for XP and start fresh. Important files and page files are on on high-speed shared drives.
You are missing out on the revolution if you haven't ventured into the VM area yet.

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