Thanks. >Try to copy all logs from current primary... I have already done ... but only for the rest data guard databases to reinstate. The moment reinstate starts it clears all relevent redo logs. The old rule still holds - make a copy of redo before starting to exercise with a database. Wondering how that is doable in ASM ? Brgds, Laimis N --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: Marcin Przepiorowski <pioro1@xxxxxxxxx> To: Laimutis.Nedzinskas@xxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 2011.08.25 22:38 Subject: Re: standby reinstate failed: other options On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:30 PM, <Laimutis.Nedzinskas@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > In short, reinstate flashbacked the former primary (wanna be standby) and > started managed recovery. > The managed recovery requested a redo sequence which was in the online redo > logs and was never archived. The funny part was that as part of becomming a > new standby the database cleared the online redo logs... > The managed recovery has stuck like that waiting for gap: > > ORA-19906: recovery target incarnation changed during recovery > ... > Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 sequence 9652 branch(resetlogs_id) > 742441725 > Fetching gap sequence in thread 1 branch(resetlogs_id) 742441725, gap seq > 9652-9652 HI, There is a bug related to this behaviour. Try to copy all logs from current primary - especially this 9652 and all with highr scn and create a new fresh standby control file on primary. Copy it to standby and mount it. Try manual recover using recover standby database; If it help you are done. > The question now is: > > is it possible to reinstate the former primary using incremental backups? > > Now if I do an incremental backup of new primary - what's use it will have > on a flashbacked former primary ? > > - the former primary was flashbacked to the scn when standby_became_primary > as it should. In other words - the former primary got a new incarnation. If you need to do incremental backup it should work as well - I did it and it was working. It is worth to check if all datafiles has header scn later than standby_became_primary SCN If not take a lowest SCN from datafile header. Hope it help, -- Marcin Przepiorowski http://oracleprof.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l