Standby Setup

Question

Can i setup physical standby wihtout RMAN ? I want to create a fresh single physical standby without RMAN .. If i copy all files in another system and take the controlfile from primary as alter database create controlfile for standby ... and fill all the gaps with archives.. Should it work ? i am on 10G Rhel 4 linux.. and both machines would have same config

Answer 1

no luck CKPt and msberg...
pfile for TEST1 PRIMARY
test1.__db_cache_size=167772160
test1.__java_pool_size=4194304
test1.__large_pool_size=4194304
test1.__shared_pool_size=83886080
test1.__streams_pool_size=0
*.audit_file_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test1/adump'
*.background_dump_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test1/bdump'
*.compatible='10.2.0.3.0'
*.control_files='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test1/control01.ctl','/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test1/control02.ctl','/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test1/control03.ctl'
*.core_dump_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test1/cdump'
*.db_block_size=8192
*.db_domain=''
*.db_file_multiblock_read_count=16
*.db_file_name_convert='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test2','/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test1'
*.db_name='test1'
*.db_recovery_file_dest='/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area'
*.db_recovery_file_dest_size=2147483648
*.db_unique_name='test1'
*.dispatchers='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=test1XDB)'
*.fal_client='test1'
*.fal_server='test2'
*.job_queue_processes=10
*.log_archive_config='dg_config=(test1,test2)'
*.log_archive_dest_1='location=/u01/arch valid_for=(all_roles,all_logfiles) db_unique_name=test1'
*.log_archive_dest_2='service=test2 LGWR ASYNC valid_for=(primary_role,online_logfiles) db_unique_name=test2'
*.log_archive_dest_state_1='enable'
*.log_archive_dest_state_2='enable'
*.log_archive_format='%t_%s_%r.arc'
*.log_file_name_convert='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test2','/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test1'
*.open_cursors=300
*.processes=150
*.remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE'
*.service_names='test1'
*.sga_max_size=400m
*.sga_target=250m
*.standby_archive_dest='/u01/arch'
*.standby_file_management='auto'
*.undo_management='AUTO'
*.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1'
*.user_dump_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test1/udump'
PFILE FOR STANDBY TEST2
test2.__db_cache_size=171966464
test2.__java_pool_size=4194304
test2.__large_pool_size=4194304
test2.__shared_pool_size=79691776
test2.__streams_pool_size=0
*.audit_file_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test2/adump'
*.background_dump_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test2/bdump'
*.compatible='10.2.0.3.0'
*.control_files='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test2/control05.ctl'
*.core_dump_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test2/cdump'
*.db_block_size=8192
*.db_domain=''
*.db_file_multiblock_read_count=16
*.db_file_name_convert='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test1','/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test2'
*.db_name='test1'
*.db_recovery_file_dest='/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area'
*.db_recovery_file_dest_size=2147483648
*.db_unique_name='test2'
*.dispatchers='(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=test2XDB)'
*.fal_client='test2'
*.fal_server='test1'
*.job_queue_processes=10
*.log_archive_config='dg_config=(test1,test2)'
*.log_archive_dest_1='location=/u01/arch valid_for=(all_roles,all_logfiles) db_unique_name=test2'
*.log_archive_dest_2='service=test1 valid_for=(primary_role,online_logfiles) db_unique_name=test1'
*.log_archive_dest_state_1='enable'
*.log_archive_dest_state_2='enable'
*.log_archive_format='%t_%s_%r.arc'
*.log_file_name_convert='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test1','/u01/app/oracle/oradata/test2'
*.open_cursors=300
*.processes=150
*.remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE'
*.service_names='test2'
*.sga_max_size=400m
*.sga_target=250m
*.standby_file_management='auto'
*.undo_management='AUTO'
*.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1'
*.user_dump_dest='/u01/app/oracle/admin/test2/udump'
ON STANDBY
SQL> select process,status from v$managed_standby;
PROCESS STATUS
ARCH CONNECTED
ARCH CONNECTED
MRP0 WAIT_FOR_LOG
sql> select applied,sequence#,to_char(completion_time,'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') from v$archived_log
APP SEQUENCE# TO_CHAR(COMPLETION_T
YES 1 01-jul-2012 19:19:11
YES 2 01-jul-2012 19:19:21
YES 3 01-jul-2012 19:19:28
YES 4 01-jul-2012 19:19:36
YES 6 01-jul-2012 19:22:41
YES 5 01-jul-2012 19:22:51
YES 7 01-jul-2012 19:23:02
YES 8 01-jul-2012 19:23:06
ON PRIMARY
SQL> select max(SEQUENCE#) from v$archived_log;
MAX(SEQUENCE#)
11