Re: Standby Database: How??

In article <NEWTNews.843106339.3510.segokgot_at_icon.co.za>,

   Thulagano Merafe Segokgo <segokgot_at_icon.co.za> wrote:
>I would like to know how one places a "standy database" in permanent recover
>mode,
>that is a database runining oracle 7.2 (prior to 7.3) on an HP-UX.

mount database then perform recover command via server manager. when it asks for first archive log in sequence, let it sit there.

>In addition how would one go about applying archived log files from the live
>database
>periodically using say a cron script. The archived log files of the live
>database are
>accessible on the standby machine as an NFS mounted filesystems

well, that's going to be a good trick since the only way to goose recovery is to enter <return> or a log file name. you might be able to do a trick using a forked shell and a pipe to server manager's standard input from the cron job. yipes!

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Dave Mausner, Consulting Manager, Braun Technology Group, Chicago.