Oracle Dataguard 8i: Unable To startup standby db after switchover

Hi,

We've installed oracle dataguard 8i to make a standby database which resides on an aix 4.3.3/oracle 8.1.7.4 platform. Both production and standby platform are same, database ID's too.

We've succesfully deployed the dataguard and create standby database on standby host.

When we tried to make a switchover from prod system to standby, so that the roles swithed, switchover stops at step 11.2 ( which is creating standby controlfile and starting up standby database )

What can be done? Where can I get More infor about error?

Thanks

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Originally posted by hbilgen
Where can I get More infor about error?

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What error are you getting? Can you post the error verbatim?

Thanks.

Perhaps I'm confused by the names given to things by the marketing guys . . . but I thought Dataguard was for version 9 db's (and an 8i Standby was essentially "steam powered").

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Originally posted by hbilgen
When we tried to make a switchover from prod system to standby, so that the roles swithed, switchover stops at step 11.2 ( which is creating standby controlfile and starting up standby database )

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Is there an error in the sequence of actions here? I want to have my 8.1.7 Standby running (and as up-to-date as possible) long before I would need to make a switchover.

Hello,

When I execute the 'switchover -m restart', following error message appears:
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DGDCTL> SWITCHOVER -m RESTART -v
Refer to /oracle/HVD/817_64/dataguard/log/switchover_HVD.log on dphankt for detailed information
Would you like to continue?
(Y)es or (N)o? y
SWITCHOVER restarted at step 11
Step 11: Started: Mount New Standby dohankt
Substep 11.2: Create new standby controlfile failed: database nomount failure
Step 11: Mount new standby database failed
ALERT: switchover restart failed

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Is this info enought to say something about the situation, or what logs you needed?

Best Regards

I have reviewed the graceful switchover and switchback document.
I have a question, I have a standby database in Oracle8i Release 8.1.7.3.0.
on AIX Version 4. Is graceful switchover possible?
When I do this 'alter database create controlfile as ' '
I'll be creating the script 'create controlfile script',
How do I do this 'reverse production to standby sites roles'?
Where can i get the script to the switchover and switchback?
without using the Data Guard.

Thanks.
:)