On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Jack van Zanen <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... > When we try to activate the standby database: > > ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH (completes > succesfully) > Tried to activate Standby, gets error, ORA-01194, file needs recovery. > > We tried several things but other than making sure the standby controlfile > is created after the end backup commands have been issued we have not been > able to open this database up. > Hi, If you use DATABASE FINISH your recovery process on standby has been stopped. Did you try to start it again ? ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION; or RECOVER STANDBY DATABASE; regards, -- Marcin Przepiorowski http://oracleprof.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l