Dataguard failover - what went wrong here??

[monto1]

i have data guard configured in maximum protection mode and arch and
no standby logfiles, for
failover what should i follow
1) alter database recover managed standby database skip standby log files;
or
alter database recover managed standby finish skip standby log file;
if i follow option a) do i need to do option b) as well ?

sql>alter database recover managed standby database skip standby log files;

does gracefull failover even without standby redologs .

if i follow option a) do i need to do option b) as well ?

nope you dont have too,
aftre that just do sql>alter database commit to switchover to primary;

2)should be mounted.

Regards