Switching between Primary and Standby database

Hi,
I managed to setup a standby database that is updated by the primary db either when doing a log file switch or when changing the role of the primary db to standby.
Now I want to put the standby database (that was in primary role for a short period) back into its standby role. I entered
"Alter database commit to switchover to physical standby with session shutdown;"
The archived redo logs as well as the control file are updated on the primary database (which was in standby role for the same short period). When I enter
"Alter database commit to switchover to primary" I am receiving the following error message:
SQL> alter database commit to switchover to primary;
alter database commit to switchover to primary
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-16139: media recovery required
After issuing the recovery statement I get this message:
SQL> recover database
ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors
ORA-01610: recovery using the BACKUP CONTROLFILE option must be done
At the same time this log entry is written into the alert log:
Database not available for switchover
End-Of-REDO archived log file has been received
Archived log files detected beyond End-Of-REDO
Incomplete recovery SCN:0:962365 archive SCN:0:977340
Switchover: Media recovery required - standby not in limbo
ORA-16139 signalled during: alter database commit to switchover to primary...
But when I try to use the BACKUP CONTROLFILE statement during recovery I get this error message:
SQL> recover database using backup controlfile;
ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors
ORA-01666: control file is for a standby database
Although being quite a newbie it's obvious that the primary database (which was standby for a short period) is worried that there are older archived redo logs than online logs. I guess this happens because of the log_archive_dest definition on the standby database :
*.LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_3='SERVICE=ORAMPPRD REOPEN=60 MAX_FAILURE=3 LGWR SYNC
VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILES,PRIMARY_ROLE) DB_UNIQUE_NAME=ORAMPPRD'
Changes are applied immediately and only written to the archive.
But how can it be managed that the online redo logs on the primary system are also updated when switching back from standby ???
Thanks,
Philipp.

Thanks, it's working now.
I think it's important to explizitely follow the steps to switchover standby and primary for it to work. I maybe shutdown the standby to early.
Cheers,
Philipp.

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