Re: strange error on switchover to standby

interestingly, if I moved over to the original primary servers to run the command, the switchover succeeds. It only fails with the error on one cluster, which means I at least know for sure what servers the error is coming from. Now if I could just figure out what command.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I was trailing that file, and it does not contain the command that failed.
> Here is what is in the broker log file:
>
> Failed to connect to remote database TEST. Error is ORA-48189
> Failed to send message to site TEST. Error code is ORA-48189.
> database TEST unable to contact primary database for version check; status
> ORA-48189
> completing bootstrap of this database
> Notifying Oracle Clusterware to buildup
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Bernhard de Cock Buning - GRID-IT <
> bdcbuning_at_grid-it.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> Check out the broker logfile, when correct this will explain where it
>> goes wrong.
>> You can find this logfile drc*.log in the same location as the
>> alert.log of the database.
>> Be sure you check both location (the primary and standby)
>>
>> You can also enable additional tracing in the broker but as mentioned I
>> believe the drc log will contain the error.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Bernhard
>>
>> Op 20 jan. 2017, om 20:56 heeft Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
>> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> I am getting a strange error when I am trying to switchover to my standby
>> database. The first switchover worked fine, so I am switching over to my
>> original primary, and I am getting this message:
>>
>> DGMGRL> switchover to 'TEST';
>> Performing switchover NOW, please wait...
>> Operation requires a connection to instance "TEST3" on database "TEST"
>> Connecting to instance "TEST3"...
>> Connected as SYSDBA.
>> Error: ORA-48189: OS command to create directory failed
>> Error: ORA-16625: cannot reach database "TEST"
>>
>>
>> It looks like it is trying to create a directory, but I cannot figure out
>> what directory it is trying to creat. I expect its a simple ownership
>> problem, but I cannot figure out what directory I need to work on. I tried
>> setting the trace level to support in dgmgrl, but it didnt show the
>> information I needed. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew W. Kerber
>>
>> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Andrew W. Kerber
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> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
>

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