Re: Does anyone actually use Enterprise Manager to manage Data Guard (for RAC)?

Hi Charles,

I use following approach which always worked sofar in GC 10203:

• create standby database myself letting this being done by GC is errorprone I found out usually because of copy issues
• startup nomount
• make the standby db visible in GC (I use manually add in Targets -> Databases too here)
• set credentials in GC (SYSDBA user) for the standby
• startup dg gui in gc and do Add Standby database, then do Manage an existing standby database with Data Guard broker, this will bring you to a list of Existing Standby Databases
• find the standby db you want to add to the config (a check is being done here to make sure the standby belongs to the primary you started with)
• follow the gui and the rest will be child's play :-)
• setup notification for dg events

Hth
regards,
Andre

2007/8/29, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte_at_gmail.com>:
>
> Just curious about this; I was inspired by the thread that asked about EM
> for monitoring. *grin*
>
> I have been attempting to use the 10.2.0.3 Enterprise Manager version of
> Data Guard manager (notice the lowercase 'm') in a RAC and having absolutely
> no luck. I filed an SR because EM would not properly create a standby with
> Data Guard. Even after creating the standby by hand, EM does not want to
> take over the Data Guard management. So I set it all up manually, following
> the documentation and a few white papers and the broker is working just
> dandy. However, the EM Data Guard gui still has issues. First off, it thinks
> the standby database is in an Unknown cluster. Secondly, even though it can
> see one instance, it cannot see the other instance. And even though it can
> see the instance and the cluster database, when I attempt to "manage"
> anything, I get an error saying that the standby database has not been
> discovered. What a croc k!
>
> Yes, I can and should file an SR. I cannot handle any more SRs at this
> point in time, especially not the frustration of trying to work with someone
> who may or may not know the Data Guard section of EM as it applies to RAC
> databases.
>
> So, truly, I am very curious if folks use this or not. Obviously, if you
> use it, it works for you. =)
>
> --
> Charles Schultz

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