Steve, While we have Dataguard running for a 9.2 db, I am far from being an expert either in the technology or the licensing requirements. That said, are you planning on using old fashion recovery mode or creating a standby database. Not sure if the latter requires EE or not. Some differences in creating the DR copy such as creating a standby controlfile, etc. Not much help, but something to think about. Mike Hand On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Steve Baldwin <stbaldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > We are using 11g RAC (standard edition) for our production database. Being > standard edition we do not have DataGuard so I'm in the process of setting > this up manually. > > I have installed 11g RAC on our DR boxes and have the ASM diskgroups > configured. > > My plan is : > > Create a snapshot (clone, whatever) of the prod DB on the DR machines from > a recent rman backup (or backups - we do level 0 once a week and level 1 the > rest of the week). > As redo logs are archived on the prod DB, copy them (and the current > control files) over to one of the DR boxes > At some regular interval, apply those logs to the DR database so that in > the event of needing to switch to DR, the switchover time is not too long > (less than an hour). The DR database will only ever be activated (opened) > in the event of a disaster (i.e. hopefully never). > > The questions I have ... > > 1. Does this approach sound feasible or is there something obvious/subtle > that I have overlooked? > 2. To get the DR database registered with Clusterware, do I create a dummy > DB and then blow it away before restoring the prod backup or is it better to > register it after I've restored it? If the latter, can you give some > pointers on how to do this. > > If anyone can help me in my confusion I'd be most grateful. > > Thanks, > > Steve > > ------------------------ > This email is intended solely for the use of the addressee and may > contain information that is confidential, proprietary, or both. > If you receive this email in error please immediately notify the > sender and delete the email. > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >