Hi Niall, You were spot on. Changing my LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_3 on primary from alter system set LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_3='SERVICE= mfprod_logstdby.theglobeandmail.com *ARCH *ASYNC VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILES,ALL_ROLES) DB_UNIQUE_NAME=MFPRODLS'; to alter system set LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_3='SERVICE= mfprod_logstdby.theglobeandmail.com *LGWR *ASYNC VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILES,ALL_ROLES) DB_UNIQUE_NAME=MFPRODLS'; did the trick. This even worked with the same number of standby redo logs rather than the redo log groups +1. Special thanks to Remigiusz, Jack C. Applewhite, Freek and this group for the help. On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Niall Litchfield < niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As Remigiuz points out the issue is not particularly logical standby > related but rather log shipping/archival related. The relevant documentation > for your version is at > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/log_transport.htm#i1268542 > - > clearly the standby can only apply what it has actually received. In order > to ship in real time then you need to ensure transport is done by the LGWR > process, it's likely however that you don't want to *unnecessarily *slow > the LGWR process on the primary so you'll probably want to > specify asynchronous transmission of the redo stream to the standby. You > can read all about the (large number of) parameters at > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B13789_01/server.101/b10823/log_arch_dest_param.htm > . > You'll also likely want to consider the effect of network timeouts > (NET_TIMEOUT in the dest parameter and SQLNET.EXPIRE_TIME at the standby) > > I suspect you want something along the lines of > > log_archive_dest_3 = 'SERVICE=mfprod_logstdby LGWR ASYNC NET_TIMEOUT=60 > VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILE, ALL_ROLES) DB_UNIQUE_NAME=MFPRODLS' > > If you configure Data Guard broker then the management interface is > somewhat nicer. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:23 PM, sundar mahadevan < > sundarmahadevan82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I checked other sites(metalink inclusive) for steps in creating logical >> standby and they all list log_archive_dest_1, log_archive_dest_2 and >> log_archive_dest_3 specified. Do i need to have all three mandatory and is >> the cause of my problem? Please advice. Could anyone please post their >> logical standby log_archive_dest_* parameter settings for primary and >> logical standby configuration.Thanks. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM, sundar mahadevan < >> sundarmahadevan82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> Good day. I set up a logical standby but real time apply does not work. >>> If i switch the logfile, then the redo log file gets archive and get applied >>> over. I looked at the various sql commands here: >>> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/manage_ls.htm#CHDGBCGIto >>> see what is wrong but nothing comes up. Appreciate your help.Thanks in >>> advance. >>> >>> Few responses for the sql statements: >>> >>> On primary: >>> >>> 14:34:15 sys@MFPROD SQL>select current_scn from v$database; >>> >>> CURRENT_SCN >>> ----------------------- >>> 5288795814937 >>> >>> Parameter settings: >>> >>> log_archive_config string >>> dg_config=(MFPROD,MFPRODLS) >>> log_archive_dest_1 string >>> LOCATION=/u01/arch/mfprod VALID_FOR=(ALL_LOGFILES,ALL_ROLES) >>> DB_UNIQUE_NAME=MFPROD >>> log_archive_dest_3 string SERVICE=mfprod_logstdby >>> arch ASYNC VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILE, ALL_ROLES) DB_UNIQUE_NAME=MFPRODLS >>> >>> On Logical standby: >>> >>> 14:32:20 sys@MFPRODLS SQL>SELECT DEST_ID, RECOVERY_MODE FROM >>> V$ARCHIVE_DEST_STATUS WHERE DEST_ID=3; >>> >>> DEST_ID RECOVERY_MODE >>> -------- ----------------------- >>> 3 LOGICAL REAL TIME APPLY >>> >>> 14:47:02 sys@MFPRODLS SQL>SELECT REALTIME_APPLY FROM V$LOGSTDBY_STATE; >>> >>> REALTIME_APPLY >>> --------------- >>> Y >>> >>> Parameter settings: >>> >>> log_archive_config string >>> dg_config=(MFPROD,MFPRODLS) >>> log_archive_dest_3 string >>> LOCATION=/u01/arch/mfprod_stdby VALID_FOR=(STANDBY_LOGFILES,STANDBY_ROLE) >>> DB_UNIQUE_NAME=MFPRODLS >>> >>> 14:38:37 sys@MFPRODLS SQL>SELECT APPLIED_SCN, LATEST_SCN, MINING_SCN, >>> RESTART_SCN FROM V$LOGSTDBY_PROGRESS; >>> >>> APPLIED_SCN LATEST_SCN MINING_SCN >>> RESTART_SCN >>> -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- >>> -------------------- >>> 5288795813413 5288795813413 5288795813414 >>> 528879581341 >>> >> >> > > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.orawin.info >