Stop/start logical standby db

Question

Version 10203 on AIX
Have to stop/start logical standby db, new to data guard, Please confirm these are the steps to do that
on primary db
SQL > alter system switch logfile ;
SQL > alter system archive log current ; ( to make sure current transactions come thru)
check tail of alert log of standby to make sure these redologs shipped & mined
standby db
SQL> ALTER DATABASE STOP LOGICAL STANDBY APPLY; (stop SQL Apply)
SQL> shutdown immediate;
Lsnrctl stop listener_corp_remrpt-haprimary db
SQL > shutdown immediate ;
Lsnrctl stop listener_corp_remprd-ha
Dont shutdown abort for any case, if both dbs are going down, first stop SQL apply on standby, take primary down and then take standby down)
Startup
primary
SQL>startup;
Lsnrctl start listener_corp_remprd-ha
Standby
SQL > startup
SQL > alter database start logical standby apply immediate ;
Lsnrctl start listener_corp_remrpt-ha

Answer 1

Hi
As you posted ,you are using Real Time Sql apply,So,it is LGWR who transfer changes to standby site.It is very safe to follow these steps for new user.
1.Stop logical standby apply(Standby Database).
2.Shutdown Primary Database.
3.Shutdown logical standby Database.
At startup
1.Start Logical Standby Database.
2.Start Primary Database.
3.Start logical standby apply.
At the case when primary database is taking long time to shutdown processed ,You can also use
shutdown abort,but before doing abort be sure you have stop logical standby apply.When your primary database started,it automatically perform instance recovery.Primary site have to resolve gap in this case.
At the case when you must have to perform shutdown abort at primary database,you can do it.By doing it you will not loose anything.Primary database has to resolve gap and it will take time to be consistent with primary site.
Tinku