is that? in logical, this REOPEN will never occur, so "MAX_FAILURE=1 NOREOPEN" seems reasonable. but, I'll try "MAX_FAILURE=1 REOPEN=10". Thanks, Carel. On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:35:29 +0100 Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Fine Doc also states that > "When you specify the MAX_FAILURE attribute, you must also set the > REOPEN attribute to specify how often archival operations are retried to > the particular destination" (Oracle Data Guard Concepts and > Administration Release 9.2, page 12-29, last sentence) > > So, it seems that the attributes you use (MAX_FAILURE & NOREOPEN) are > mutually exclusive. Results are unpredictable ;-) > > Best regards, > > Carel-Jan Engel > > === > If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) > === > > Upcoming appearances: > > * Jan 27, 2005: London, UKOUG Unix SIG: Data Guard Best Practices > * Feb 9-10, 2005: Denver, RMOUG Training Days: Data Guard > Performance Issues > * Mar 6-10, 2005: Dallas, Hotsos Symposium: Data Guard Performance > Issues > > On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 06:58, Leyi Zhang wrote: > > > My database is Oracle9201 on Solaris 8 > > I set log_archive_dest_2='SERVICE=ctsdb.standby lgwr async=20480 > > net_timeout=15 max_failure=1 noreopen' > > and the size of redofile in primary site is 3M. > > > > I run a procedure which insert 600000 records in loop to test this > > dataguard environment. > > > > I unplugged the standby site's network, due to the online document, that > > the primary site will only check the netwotk once, if failed then never > > archive to that destination until we reenable it. > > > > but in fact, I found primary site always check the network whenever the > > log switch occured. and I checked the v$archive_dest's STATUS column, > > the 'log_archive_dest_2' is 'VALID'. > > > > After I cancel the procedure, 'log_archive_dest_2' STATUS column in > > v$archive_dest change to 'ERROR'. > > > > But after I replug the network at standby site, I ran "alter system > > switch logfile;", all the gap archivelog files begin to transfer to the > > standby site and all seems OK. > > I thought this is not "noreopen"'s meaning! > > > > what did the "net_timeout=15 max_failure=1 noreopen" means on earth? > > -- Kamus <kamusis@xxxxxxxxx> éäå1Gçéçïæèçæåää:-) A Oracle8i & 9i Certified DBA from China -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l