Problem building logical standby database

Question

Hi all,
i am trying to build a logical standby database on platform Sun OS 10/Oracle 10gR2. I am following the Oracle document http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/create_ls.htm#BEIGHEIA
I have created a physical standby database and converting it to a logical standby database. I ensured that my physical Standby is in Sync with primary.
Procedure DBMS_LOGSTDBY.BUILD executes successfully on primary.
The problem is that the command *'alter database recover to logical standby test;'* DOESN'T END. No error in archive log. I have identified the archived redo log that contains the LogMiner dictionary and the starting SCN and applied that archive log on standby. Still the the above command doesn't end.
Any Help is appreciated.

Answer 1

SQL> alter database recover to logical standby m2test;
This command doesn't return an sql> prompt. Alert log says it is waiting for log sequence 25. The command is running is for more than 5 hours, but still not competed.
Alertlog:
Thu Feb 5 22:14:25 2009
alter database recover to logical standby m2test
Thu Feb 5 22:14:25 2009
Media Recovery Start: Managed Standby Recovery (mtest)
Thu Feb 5 22:14:25 2009
Managed Standby Recovery not using Real Time Apply
parallel recovery started with 2 processes
Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 sequence 25
Document says :-
If a dictionary build is not successfully performed on the primary database, this command will never complete.
But the dictionary build on primary is successful.
SQL> execute dbms_logstdby.build;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
I used the following queries and to find which archive log contains dictionary build and made sure that the log archive sequence 22 is applied on standby.
SQL> SELECT NAME FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG
WHERE (SEQUENCE#=(SELECT MAX(SEQUENCE#)
FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG
WHERE DICTIONARY_BEGIN = 'YES' AND STANDBY_DEST='NO')); 2 3 4
NAME
/oradata/mtest/archive/mtest_1_22_677975686.arc
SQL> SELECT MAX(FIRST_CHANGE#) FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG
WHERE DICTIONARY_BEGIN='YES'; 2
MAX(FIRST_CHANGE#)
177407
SQL>
Edited by: user592715 on Feb 6, 2009 3:22 PM