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Re: DataGuard and closed/cold backups

From: Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:42:34 +0200
Message-Id: <1117568554.22916.9.camel@dbalert199.dbalert.nl>


Hi David,
Unskyld for being unclear about that.

We were consolidating data centres. The Singapore database was moved to The Hague. So, the database in Singapore needed to be shutdown anyway ;-)

For that, we needed to shutdown/startup exclusive, perform the last logswitches, and then activate the standby after the last redo was applied. By then, the apps were run in The Hague, using Citrix clients in Singapore.

Further, I didn't mention it was Data Guard on 8i. And that version didn't support dataloss free switchover at all: the only means of log transport was by ARCH. But, given the available bandwidth (or the cost of the otherwise needed bandwidth), on 9i/10g I would have choosen ARCH as log transport mechanism also. And, in that case, 9i/10g would have required the same approach on switchover.  

Best regards,

Carel-Jan Engel

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On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 21:01, David Sharples wrote:

> Hi, one question about that - why was the database taken down at all.
>
> If you took a hot backup and starting sending the archives right away
> - why the shutdown?
>
> Chers - Dave
>
> On 5/31/05, Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert_at_xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > Jackie,
> > A couple of years ago I was able to move a database of 90 GB from
> > Singapore to The Hague, using Data Guard, through only a 128 kilobit
> > dual ISDN dial up line. The downtime of the database was 45 minutes. Of
> > course this was in ASYNC mode, logtransfer by ARCH.
> >
> > The trick was calculating the average amount of redo produced weekly,
> > and have enough bandwidth for just that. The outage was planned
> > carefully, including stopping / starting the apps it took 1.5 hour.

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