Re: Questions about Standby Database

Sorry, I have forgotten to state the Version. I am using Oracle 8.1.7standard version.
And i had setup the standby database but using manual recovery mode only. (Seems standard version didn't support managed standby database)

Richard Foote wrote:

> "Jeffrey Keung" <jkeung_at_hknet.com> wrote in message
> news:3DAE8804.114A51FC_at_hknet.com...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am newbie in this news group and i would like to ask some questions
> > here:
> > Recently i am planning to setup a standby database at my company, and i
> > am working on a
> > architectural document about it.
> >
> > My setup will be as following:
> > - Primary database, with ARCHIVELOG mode.
> > - use cron jobs in HP_UX to copy the archived redo log files every hour
> > to the standby site
> > thru FTP and manually applied the log files every 6 hours.
> >
> > I have tested with the setup above and it works fine.
> > Now, I need to brainstorm what problems i will faced when it come to
> > production.
> > However, i can only think of :
> > - Log files failed to copy thru FTP and DBA need to recover the standby
> > manually.
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea or foresee what problem i will faced for the
> > above setup ?
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Jeffrey
> >
>
> Hi Jeffrey
>
> You haven't specified a database version so I can't be sure but is there any
> reason why you're not using Oracle's Standby Database/Data Guard for this ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Richard
Received on Thu Oct 17 2002 - 09:23:13 CDT