>>> >>> <Bug:4404952> : DG BROKER DOES NOT SUPPORT COLD-FAILOVER CLUSTERS >>> >>> I was told my Oracle support that giving dataguard a vip >>>makes it think that you're running RAC and that there is a >>>request out to fix the problems. I spent well over a week >>>wrestling with local_listener, sid parameter, etc because of >>>this. We'll either yank VCS or the broker to fix this. Hope Yank VCS? Your DG primary is in a VCS cold failover cluster...won't you suffer unecessary switchovers in the even of a node failure? Will you also get rid of the cluster? Just wondering. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l