Hi, Assuming that the missing archives really are still on the primary and then alter system set log_archive_dest_state_2=defer and then enable again followed by a log switch should kick FAL into life. This tends to happen when the standby is shutdown without deferring log shipping in the first place On 27 Aug 2010 08:15, "Alessandro Lia" <a.lia@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I put it in manage recovery. This is a message in alert log: Trying FAL server: Error fetching gap sequence, no FAL server specified Fri Aug 27 09:10:20 2010 Failed to request gap sequence. Thread #: 1, gap sequence: 131193-132589 All FAL server has been attempted. Any idea? Alessandro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Remigiusz Sokolowski" < remigiusz.sokolowski@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <a.lia@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:56 AM Subject: Re: stand by DB stop recovery files Alessandro Lia pisze: > > Dear all, > I have this situation: > for some reasons I needed to shutd...