Disregard. I figured it out. It would help if I entered the same service name on tnsnames.ora file...LOL -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph David Paparo Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:58 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Oracle 11R2g data guard client connectivity Hello, I am having an issue where the client session is not being transferred to the new primary database. I did a switchover from my primary database to my physical standby database and I was hoping that the client session would transfer over. One thing to note is that my primary is a 2 RAC node and my physical standby is a standalone. I have added the following entry in the tnsnames.ora file on both the primary host and standby. DGTEST = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = db-prim)(PORT = ###5)) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = db-phys)(PORT = ###6)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVICE_NAME = DB) (failover_mode=(type=select)(method=basic)) ) ) I have created this service using srvctl. Service name: DGTEST Service is enabled Server pool: DGTEST Cardinality: 1 Disconnect: false Service role: PRIMARY Management policy: AUTOMATIC DTP transaction: false AQ HA notifications: false Failover type: SELECT Failover method: BASIC TAF failover retries: 180 TAF failover delay: 1 Connection Load Balancing Goal: LONG Runtime Load Balancing Goal: NONE TAF policy specification: NONE Edition: Preferred instances: DBPRIM Available instances: I am able to connect using sqlplus b/b@DGTEST before the switchover but after the switchover, I get the following message. ORA-01033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress Process ID: 0 Session ID: 0 Serial number: 0 It seems that it is still trying to connect to the old primary which is now a standby. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l