Hi, I have always been under the impression, that the delay should be configured on the STANDBY side only, to make sure that all archives are on the other side, just in case the primary location burns down. Maybe this solves this issue as well? Reagrds Martin TESTAJ3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb: > Martin, yes a log file switch moves the log to the standby, applies it, > but I don't see the specific change I made on the primary, what you're > guessing is what I thought also, no real-time applies implies archive log > apply. But it doesn't seem to be working that way. -- Usn's IT Blog for Linux, Oracle, Asterisk http://www.usn-it.de -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l