"Brian Peasland" <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message
news:403CC183.FFACF675_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...
> After Niall's post, I did some further digging, and I stand corrected.
> If you want to know about Standby Databases in 8.0.6, then refer to the
> following:
>
> http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/A64702_01/doc/index.htm
>
> But I do stand by my original words that I wouldn't attempt Standby
> Databases in a version less than 9i.
Standby databases were available in 7.3.4 (I think that this was when they
were introduced). The Version 7 docs are also on otn much to my surprise and
confirm this. On the other hand a standby database is really designed (or at
least was back then) for DR purposes for your critical business data. It
would seem to me that if the system is important enough to have a DR plan
for it really ought to be running on a supported platform, not least for
when the DBA dies in the disaster and you have to call support to perform
the switchover. That would mean at least 8.1.7.4 and probably 9.2.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Wed Feb 25 2004 - 10:09:23 CST
