Gene, It may help to see your standby configuration. log_archive_dest_n entries, as well as the log_archive_dest_state_n, fal_server, fal_client, log_archive_config, as well as the tnsnames.ora entries. Is there more than one home? Are you using a dataguard broker? Bradd Piontek "Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is in having someone else do a first-class job under your direction." -- William Feather On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, <genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello: > > I have set up a standby database under oracle 10.2.0.1 and everything > looked great except for a minor detail - > the archived logfiles do not get copied to the standby server. When I look > at the v$archive_dest view I see > ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified > 03-18-2009 10:47:32 pcrp01d > for dest_ID which correspond to my standby. > > I have checked the tnsnames.ora on the primary side and it looks OK. > tnsping finds the standby; I can > ping the host. I have tried bouncing the listener on the standby side; > bouncind the standby DB itself > as well as primary db, but this error keep reapearring after 5 min pause. > If tnsnames.ora is OK, what > else could be the issue? > > > thank you > > Gene Gurevich > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >