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Standby Database Creation

1. The document describes the steps to create a standby database and perform a switchover between a primary and standby database. 2. It involves configuring log shipping and standby parameters on both databases and performing switchovers using ALTER DATABASE commands. 3. The primary and standby roles are reversed after switchover, with the original standby now becoming the new primary database.

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Standby Database Creation

1. The document describes the steps to create a standby database and perform a switchover between a primary and standby database. 2. It involves configuring log shipping and standby parameters on both databases and performing switchovers using ALTER DATABASE commands. 3. The primary and standby roles are reversed after switchover, with the original standby now becoming the new primary database.

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Standby Database creation

Choose two instance names as abc01 and xyz01, db_name will remain same.
create a database make a cold backup, copy the pfile and edit as below.
the primary database should be archive log mode.
password file to be create
$ orapwd=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapwxyz01 passwd=sys entries=5 and
$ orapwd=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapwabc01 passwd=sys entries=5
parameter for Standby database xyz01
1. log_archive_dest_state_2='ENABLE'
2. log_archive_dest_1='LOCATION=/app/orcl/xyz01/arch01/'
3. standby_archive_dest='/app/orcl/xyz01/abcarch'
4. standby_file_management=auto
5. db_file_name_convert='/app/orcl/abc01/','/app/orcl/xyz01/'
6. log_file_name_convert='/app/orcl/abc01/','/app/orcl/xyz01/'
7. db_unique_name=xyz01
Parameter in Primary database abc01
log_archive_dest_2='service=xyz01'
At the primary database abc01:
1) Configure listener and tnsnames with 'xyz01' as connect string
2) # alter database set standby database to maximize performance; (default)
2) startup the Primary database abc01 to open.
3) create standby controlfile “ alter database create standby controlfile as '/app/orcl/xyz01/control01.ctl';
At the standby database xyz01:
1. sql> startup nomunt;
2. startup the standby database xyz01 to nomount.
sql> alter database mount standby database;
3. sql> alter database recover managed standby database disconnect from session;
Find if the standby database is performing managed recovery.
(If the MRP process exists it means the standby database is performing managed recovey.)
sql> select process, status from v$managed_standby;
Monitoring the process activityes:
sql> select process, client_process, sequence#, status from v$managed_standby;
PROCESS STATUS
------------- -------------------
ARCH CONNECTED
MRP0 WAIT_FOR_LOG / WAIT_FOR_GAP
RFS IDLE / ATTACHED / RECEIVING
#RECEIVING - process is receiving network communication
#ATTACHED - process is actively attached and communicating to a primary database client
# WAIT_FOR_LOG - process is waiting for the archived redolog to be completed
# WAIT_FOR_GAP - process is waiting for the archive gap to be resolved
OTHER QUERIES:
SQL> select max(sequence#) from v$log_history;
SQL> select sequence#, applied, registrar from v$archived_log;
SQL> select protection_mode from v$database;
SQL> select * from v$archive_gap;
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SWITCH OVER
xyz01 becomes PRIMARY and abc01becomes STANDBY

Steps in primary (abc01): set standby parameter


1. log_archive_dest_state_2='ENABLE'
2. log_archive_dest_1='LOCATION=/app/orcl/abc01/arch01'
3. standby_archive_dest='/app/orcl/abc01/xyzarch'
4. standby_file_management=auto
5. db_file_name_convert='/app/orcl/xyz01/','/app/orcl/abc01/'
6. log_file_name_convert='/app/orcl/xyz01/','/app/orcl/abc01/'
7. db_unique_name=abc01
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steps in standby (xyz01) : set primary parameter


1. log_archive_dest_2='service=abc01'
check the status on standby (xyz01):
SQL> select database_role, switchover_status, open_mode from v$database;
DATABASE_ROLE SWITCHOVER_STATUS OPEN_MODE
PHYSICAL STANDBY NOT ALLOWED MOUNTED

SQL> select sequence#, applied, registrar from v$archived_log;


Note down the current sequence number on standby

check the status using on primary (abc01):


SQL> select database_role, switchover_status, open_mode from v$database;
DATABASE_ROLE SWITCHOVER_STATUS OPEN_MODE
PRIMARY SESSIONS ACTIVE READ WRITE

On the primary database for switch over (abc01):


SQL> alter database commit to switchover to standby; or
SQL> alter database commit to switchover to standby with session shutdown;

check the status on standby (xyz01):


Note down the current sequence number on standby using below query:
SQL> select sequence#, applied, registrar from v$archived_log;
SQL> select process, status, sequence# from v$managed_standby;
PROCESS STATUS SEQUENCE#
ARCH CONNECTED 0
ARCH CONNECTED 0

SQL> select database_role, switchover_status, open_mode from v$database;


DATABASE_ROLE SWITCHOVER_STATUS OPEN_MODE
PHYSICAL STANDBY TO PRIMARY MOUNTED

Description:
primary after giving the command “alter database commit to switchover to standby;” it converts its controlfile to standby
controlfile and closes. dismount the database and now its at nomount stage.
Now the results on primary would be
SQL> select database_role, switchover_status, open_mode from v$database;
select database_role, switchover_status, open_mode from v$database
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01507: database not mounted
which is switching over to standby.
Note: At this stage both the servers are in standby

On xyz01 to switch from standby to primary: give the command to


SQL> alter database commit to switchover to primary;
Database altered.
After converting standby to primary check the role of the database again.
SQL> select database_role, switchover_status, open_mode from v$database;
DATABASE_ROLE SWITCHOVER_STATUS OPEN_MODE
PRIMARY NOT ALLOWED MOUNTED

Note: Now the xyz01 is the primary and abc01 is the standby

on new primary xyz01


1)shutdown the database
2) uncomment the parameters or set the parameter
log_archive_dest_2='service=abc01'
3) in the tns set the above connect string.
4) startup

On new standby abc01


1) Shutdown (which is now in nomount stage)
2) Set the parameters to

1. log_archive_dest_state_2='ENABLE'
2. log_archive_dest_1='LOCATION=/app/orcl/abc01/arch01/'
3. standby_archive_dest='/app/orcl/xyz01/xyzarch'
4. standby_file_management=auto
5. db_file_name_convert='/app/orcl/xyz01/','/app/orcl/abc01/'
6. log_file_name_convert='/app/orcl/xyz01/','/app/orcl/abc01/'
7. db_unique_name=abc01

3) set the listener and tnsnames with connect string as “abc01”


4) startup nomount
5) alter database mount standby database;
6) recover managed standby database disconnect from session;

select sequence#, applied, registrar from v$archived_log;

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