Hi i have tried this command several times but shipped logs do not get applied to standby database.
the seq of commands i executed is as follows:
SQL> startup nomount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 135338868 bytes
Fixed Size 453492 bytes
Variable Size 109051904 bytes
Database Buffers 25165824 bytes
Redo Buffers 667648 bytes
SQL> alter database mount standby database;
Database altered.
SQL> recover managed standby database disconnect from session;
Media recovery complete.
SQL> recover managed standby database cancel;
ORA-16136: Managed Standby Recovery not active
SQL> alter database open read only;
Database altered.