Recover standby database

Question

Our primary linux 10g db is in standard edition and we would like to manually create a standby database
After copying the control and datafiles from primary to standby database, started the standby instance ..
SQL> startup nomount pfile=/path/to/pfile/initSID.standby
SQL> alter database mount standby database;
SQL> recover standby database;
ORA-00279: change 2342934 generated at 8/27/2009 21:10:35 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc
ORA-00280: change 2342934 for thread 1 is in sequence #833
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
AUTO
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log
'/opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01195: online backup of file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/opt/oracle/oradata/SID/system01.dbf'
How do I resolve this problem? Log sequence 833 is the current log on the primary db, archive log haven't been written yet. When I try to "alter database open read only" on the standby db, I get an error "ORA-01156: recovery in progress may need access to file".
I then went back to my primary database, which already had another log switch to 834, log 833 is now available, I then moved that archive log file to the standby db. Try to recover standby database again, but still got errors..
SQL> startup nomount pfile=/path/to/pfile/initSID.standby
SQL> alter database mount standby database;
SQL> recover standby database;
ORA-00279: change 2342934 generated at 8/27/2009 21:10:35 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc
ORA-00280: change 2342934 for thread 1 is in sequence #833
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
AUTO
ORA-00317: file type 0 in header is not log file
ORA-00334: archived log: '/opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc'
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01195: online backup of file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/opt/oracle/oradata/SID/system01.dbf'
SQL> alter database open read only;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-16004: backup database requires recovery
ORA-01195: online backup of file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/opt/oracle/oradata/SID/system01.dbf'
Would something please explain this to me? What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I copied the missing archive log over to standby db, still got the same error.
1) SQL> recover standby database;
ORA-00279: change 2342934 generated at 8/27/2009 21:10:35 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc
ORA-00280: change 2342934 for thread 1 is in sequence #833
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
AUTO
ORA-00317: file type 0 in header is not log file
ORA-00334: archived log: '/opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc'
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01195: online backup of file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/opt/oracle/oradata/SID/system01.dbf'
I also tried..
2) SQL> recover standby database using backup controlfile until cancel;
ORA-00279: change 2342934 generated at 8/27/2009 21:10:35 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc
ORA-00280: change 2342934 for thread 1 is in sequence #833
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
AUTO
ORA-00317: file type 0 in header is not log file
ORA-00334: archived log: '/opt/oracle/arch/SID/1_833_682861383.arc'
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01195: online backup of file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/opt/oracle/oradata/SID/system01.dbf'
Edited by: user10427867 on Aug 28, 2009 5:56 AM