Successfully Opened STANDBY DB!!

Question

Hi all,
i just tried to open my standby DB!!
i never thought this is so easy!!
i had a document to from net which i refered!!(Thanx to that)!!
below mentioned are the steps i did!!(for the help or reference, for any user)
Rgegard!!
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SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Jun 30 14:23:36 2007
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SQL> conn sys@standby as sysdba
Enter password: ******
Connected.
SQL> ed
SP2-0107: Nothing to save.
SQL> select
2
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1* ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH
SQL> /
Database altered.
SQL> ALTER DATABASE COMMIT TO SWITCHOVER TO PRIMARY;
ALTER DATABASE COMMIT TO SWITCHOVER TO PRIMARY
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-16139: media recovery required
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1* ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE SKIP STANDBY LOGFILE
SQL> /
ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE SKIP STANDBY LOGFILE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01507: database not mounted
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
SQL> shut imemdiate
SP2-0717: illegal SHUTDOWN option
SQL> shut immediate
ORA-01507: database not mounted
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup nomount pfile=E:\oracle\oradata\pfile\init.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 312024024 bytes
Fixed Size 453592 bytes
Variable Size 159383552 bytes
Database Buffers 150994944 bytes
Redo Buffers 1191936 bytes
SQL> recover standby database;
ORA-01507: database not mounted
SQL> ALTER DATABASE COMMIT TO SWITCHOVER TO primary;
ALTER DATABASE COMMIT TO SWITCHOVER TO primary
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01507: database not mounted
SQL> ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE;
ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01507: database not mounted
SQL> ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE;
ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01507: database not mounted
SQL> alter database mount standby database;
alter database mount standby database
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01665: controlfile is not a standby controlfile
SQL> disconn
Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> conn sys@standby as sysdba
Enter password: ******
Connected.
SQL> shut immediate
ORA-01507: database not mounted
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> disconn
Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> conn sys@standby as sysdba
Enter password: ******
ERROR:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
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2nd day gave a try
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SQL> conn sys@standby as sysdba
Enter password: ******
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup nomount pfile=e:\oracle\oradata\pfile\init.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 312024024 bytes
Fixed Size 453592 bytes
Variable Size 159383552 bytes
Database Buffers 150994944 bytes
Redo Buffers 1191936 bytes
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1* SELECT THREAD#, LOW_SEQUENCE#, HIGH_SEQUENCE# FROM V$ARCHIVE_GAP
SQL> /
SELECT THREAD#, LOW_SEQUENCE#, HIGH_SEQUENCE# FROM V$ARCHIVE_GAP
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01507: database not mounted
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1* ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH
SQL> /
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01507: database not mounted
SQL> alter database mount standby database;
alter database mount standby database
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01665: controlfile is not a standby controlfile
SQL> alter database mount;
Database altered.
SQL> alter database startup;
alter database startup
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02231: missing or invalid option to ALTER DATABASE
SQL> alter database open
2 ;
Database altered.
SQL> conn excise/excise@standby as sysdba
ERROR:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
Warning: You are no longer connected to ORACLE.
SQL> conn excise/excise@standby;
Connected.
SQL> conn excise/excise@standby;
Connected.
SQL> conn sys@standby as sysdba
Enter password: ******
Connected.
SQL> shut immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup open pfile=e:\oracle\oradata\pfile\init.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 312024024 bytes
Fixed Size 453592 bytes
Variable Size 159383552 bytes
Database Buffers 150994944 bytes
Redo Buffers 1191936 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> shut immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL>

Answer 1

Actually we had basically problem with Standby Setup initially.
we couldn't able to create it properly..when we did it. i thought if it is ok now ,then
how could we open it as a primary if any problem occurs?
then we had a problem(not a major one) with primary..then we stopped standby DB.
then i decided now for practice make it online..
the document i refered was on
http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-47575.html
Many thanx to the Author.
Thanx to
all the OTN members for help and Informations/Knowledge they Spread!!
Regrads!!