Rick, The following statement restores the database to normal operation: ALTER SYSTEM UNQUIESCE; But my general comment is that ...... every 20 seconds replication time is a very small window, Due to the network load or any other load on any machine in US or Tiwan you can have a que and than only the system command will work that is to finish the replication, check the locks and increased the Replication time. Ask questions like, How many transaction per second you folks are processing. How fast the data has to be across the ocean. Tune the Network parameters and increase or monitor the network / replication related parameters, involved the network crew to monitor the delay on the network / switches etc. Nisar Tareen Rick_Cale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: One of our customers has a problem Here's the gist of it: 1. Oracle 8 on a server running in the US with the database replicated to a server in Taiwan. 2. Synchronization takes place every 20 seconds 3. Activity on the US server caused the US database to go into a "quiesced" state. This in turn caused the Taiwan database to go into the same state. 4. Subsequent actions brought the US database back to a "normal" state, but the Taiwan database refuses to come out of the quiesced state. 5. QUESTION: What actions need to be taken to get the Taiwan database back to a "normal" state Any help is appreciated Rick Cale Database Administrator Team Health, Inc. 865-293-5425 Rick_Cale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ..................................................................................... The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and confidential. If the reader of this transmission is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error or are not sure whether it is privileged, please immediately notify us by return e-mail and delete or destroy any copies, electronic, paper or otherwise, which you may have of this communication and any attachments. ..................................................................................... --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page