*grin* I have provided all that to Oracle Support already. It is a rather bizarre situation. To answer your question about TNS_ADMIN, I have to say "sorta"; we have a central directory in which all Oracle Homes on a host link to. For example, /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.2/network/admin would have file pointers to individual files (tnsnames.ora, ldap.ora, sqlnet.ora, etc) in /u01/app/oracle/tnsAdmin. Think that makes a difference in this situation? On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Roman Podshivalov < roman.podshivalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hmmm, > > In this case to research such situation more information is required about > configuration like: init.ora files, tnsnames.ora/sqlnet.ora files and > current dns resolutions from both sides, outputs from v$dataguard_* views > would be handy as well. > > PS: are you using custom TNS_ADMIN location ? > > --romas > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Romas, great question. >> >> Looking back at the sequence of events, it does appear that the DNS >> configuration was such that the primary was trying to ship logs to itself >> for about 5 minutes after the last switchover. However, after that was >> corrected, the configuration ran without a hitch until the standby was >> restarted a few weeks later. >> >> >> >> > -- Charles Schultz