Real time apply uses standby log which is remotely written from a primary which IS being setup by your log archive dest. On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:01 AM, dba1 mcc <mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Archive log" transfer from Primary DB to standby DB is correct. BUT "real > time apply" use "log file", not archive log. > -- Alex Fatkulin, http://afatkulin.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfatkulin -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l