We did mention that bug back when we filed the SR, and eventually Oracle Support said: "your Standby does not use VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILE, PRIMARY_ROLE) in the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST parameter." "Can't hurt. I don't think." I am going to stick the BAAG on you guys! =) I do not think service registration is the issue at all, since I can reproduce the symptoms by merely switching the log_arch_dest_2 parameter back to the known problematic alias. Keep in mind that the service_name has never changed, only the alias we are using to get to it. Oh the joys of Oracle. I am just waiting for the Oracle trolls to say * something*.... *grin* For the curious (and have all the proper privs), the two SRs I have are 7057019.994 and 19545566.6. On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:58 PM, David Barbour <david.barbour1@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Interestingly, there is a Bug in 10.2.0.2, #4676659. Unfortunately, it's > supposed to report in BOTH the primary and standby alert logs. Further, > although the Bug is listed for Physical Standbys, the text refers to Logical > Standbys. Gotta love that type of inconsistency from your vendor. > > Anyway, I'm wondering what might happen if you ran an alter system > register; on both databases? If you've got some type of service > inconsistency related to OID, that might resolve it. Can't hurt. I don't > think. > -- Charles Schultz