Re: Standard Edition Physical Standby

There's also an article taking Stuarts proposed approach at http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3682421/Manual-Standby-Database-under-Oracle-Standard-Edition.htm

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Tim Gorman <tim_at_evdbt.com> wrote:

> Stuart,
>
> I had (finally) posted some shell-scripts which had been laying around in
> my laptop for a while. They are available at
> http://www.EvDBT.com/tools.htm <http://www.evdbt.com/tools.htm>, near the
> bottom of the page. The four scripts are:
>
> - stdby_init.sh - uses RMAN to initialize or re-initialize the standby
> database from backups
> - stdby_ship.sh - "cron" script to run on primary database server;
> ships archived redo log files using the "scp" command
> - stdby_applylogs.sh - "cron" script to run on standby database server;
> apply shipped archived redo log files
> - stdby_chk.sh - "cron" script to run on the standby database server;
> verify that the standby isn't falling behind
>
> I've used them in several customer engagements, mostly on various versions
> of Solaris. I had written them before 9i Data Guard and managed recovery
> came on the scene...
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Tim Gorman
> consultant - Evergreen Database Technologies, Inc.
> P.O. Box 630791, Highlands Ranch CO 80163-0791
> website = http://www.EvDBT.com/ <http://www.evdbt.com/>
> email = Tim_at_EvDBT.com
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>
>
>
> Stuart Blackburn wrote:
>
> Does anybody have any good examples of how to create a physical standby
> database on Standard Edition? We're planning on rsynching the archive logs
> to the standby server and running a script to manually apply the logs on the
> standby database (which is mounted in standby mode). I'm also looking for
> some good examples/strategies to monitor whether the standby database could
> theoretically be successfully opened without actually opening the database.
> Thanks.
>
> Stuart
>
>
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