Kar, In my experience if MRP cannot connect to a process on the primary database, namely the log_archive_dest_n parameter is set for lgwr or arch on the primary then managed standby will never work. You will have to set your cron script to copy the archive log files to the standby and then manually recover the database. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead PAREXEL International ________________________________ From: K R [mailto:kp0773@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:16 AM To: Goulet, Richard Cc: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: datguard issue Thanks Dick. on primary log_archive_dest is not blank. log_archive_dest_n is all blanks on primary . we are not configuring any parameter change for the logshipping to standby on primary . we are using a cron script to transfer the archivelogs from primary to standby into archive_archive_dest with standby_file_management set to AUTO. if i do recover standby database then it is seeing all the archivelog . but my observation so far is that it is not seeing the MRP process. I see few message on v$dataguard_message showing Log Apply Services Warning 0 7 0 NO 13-JAN-10 Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 seq# 4239 and on v$archive_dest_status LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_11 VALID PHYSICAL MOUNTED-STANDBY MANAGED MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE /arch/DEVD4/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 NO and v$managed_standby 1* SELECT * from v$managed_standby SQL> / ARCH 6107 CONNECTED ARCH 7005 N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARCH 6101 CONNECTED ARCH 7007 N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MRP0 6124 WAIT_FOR_LOG N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 4239 0 0 0 0 0 Thanks On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Kar, On the primary did you set the log_archive_dest_n parameters and leave log_archive_dest blank? Also can the primary tnsping to the standby? Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead PAREXEL International ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of K R Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:42 PM To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: datguard issue Hi, Oracle 9i database running on hp-ux .. I am trying to create a standby database . did all the standby setup . but I have not done any standby changes for primary database. However when i mount the standby database and do a recover standby database then it is finding the archive log files on the standby server . However when i try to do the managed standby database it do not find the archivelog file . What am I missing ? appreciate any pointers thanks in advance Kar