Re: Standby database on same machine

Hi:

You can't have two Oracle instances with the same SID running on the same host.

Regards,

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David C. Sisk
http://www.ipass.net/~davesisk/oont.htm

Siphiwe Memela wrote in message <366C43D6.FEDC6DD9_at_cm.co.za>...
>Hi all
>
>I need some help here. I'm testing Oracle's feature of standby
>databases. I have a database(call it SID_a) for which I'd like to create
>a standby database. Due to some hardware limitations and the fact that
>this is only a test, I want to create both these on the same machine
>with datafiles sitting in different directories. Oracle Documentation
>suggests this is possible, to some extent it is but I've hit a major
>snag.
>
>I created the standby controlfile and copied all datafiles and
>archivelogs to the different destinations. I then tried to start the
>standby database. I got 'control file is not a standby controlfile'. I
>figured that I need a different init file for the standby
>db(reasonable?). I then created this file with the right directory for
>the control file. I initially thought this was not necessary since I had
>used the parameters 'db_file_standby_name_convert' and
>'log_file_standby_name_convert' but anyway...with the different initfile
>I was able to start the standby database.
>
>Now the interesting bit. I had to restart the primary database(SID_a). I
>couldn't do this, because I already had an instance for it(via the
>standby db) running( got 'cannot start already running ORACLE').
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Thank you.
>--
>Siphiwe Memela
><siphiwe_at_cm.co.za>
Received on Tue Dec 08 1998 - 18:38:40 CST