RE: Data Guard Hanging

Alex,  

The sql statement that gets returned when I run that query says "EXECUTING TRANSACTION'. Not very helpful.

I have traced the APPLY process per Oracle instructions. The only thing I am seeing is:  

• 2008-12-05 09:48:10.795

WAIT #0: nam='rdbms ipc message' ela= 81 timeout=500 p2=0 p3=0 obj#=-1 tim=40075115529914

• 2008-12-05 09:49:09.807

WAIT #0: nam='rdbms ipc message' ela= 74 timeout=500 p2=0 p3=0 obj#=-1 tim=40075173159416

• 2008-12-05 09:50:06.069

WAIT #0: nam='rdbms ipc message' ela= 86 timeout=500 p2=0 p3=0 obj#=-1 tim=40075228102633  

It just looks like it is waiting on something. The Log File Details page in Grid shows that log files that need to be applied. Whenever we stop and start the Apply process, is restarts back to the same place (Log # 167).  

So something is wacked (a technical term).

Thanks for any hints you can give.  

Tom    

From: Alex Fatkulin [mailto:afatkulin_at_gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 9:33 AM
To: Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR)
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Data Guard Hanging  

Tom,

if I understood correctly, in case you take sid from v$streams_apply_server and join it to v$session the sql_id is empty?

if it is, try enable sql trace with wait events and see what session is doing. starce/truss might provide some low-level related information as well (though sql trace should be enough).

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) <Thomas.Mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us> wrote:

All,

I am running a Data Guard with a Logical Standby on Aix V 10.2.0.4.

This is our first run at this so we are still learning.

During my first large data load in the primary database, I ran out of room in my tablespaces. The load died and I restarted it after fixing the tablespaces. I then noticed that the DDL did not change the tablespaces in the Logical Standby. I realized that this does not happen automatically because the Apply died. I changed the tablespaces in the Standby and restarted Apply. Everything seemed to work fine. The data all got propagated over. But now the Apply process seems to be hung - or very slow. We are about 150 archivelogs behind. All of the monitoring sql's that Oracle Metalink gives us shows that the apply process is just running "EXECUTE TRANSACTION" - I can't see any sql statements being run.

Anybody seen anything like this? We have an SR submitted with Oracle and the have been actively asking questions but nothing so far.

Thanks  

Tom

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