Vijay...well I do have STANDBY instances but don't run LGWR but run th'h ARCH instead for performance standb point.My assumption was from the error it depicted that U might have had the paremeter set mistakenly without redos created. > As u had mentioned this might be something to do with 9.2.0.5 patch...let see what Oracle says ================= Keep Posted Ankur ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vijay, Sekhar" <sekhar.vijay@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:31 PM Subject: [askdba] Re: Strange LGWR problem in alert log > Hi Ankur > > Thanks for your response. I do have log_archive_dest_2 set to use LGWR > (without standby redo) but I am not sure how this would create the error I > mentioned. I have had this setup for the past 4 years without once > encountering this error. If possible, can you explain in some more detail > your theory so I can further examine the causes ? > > Thanks in advance > > > -----Original Message----- > From: askdba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:askdba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Ankur Shah > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:28 PM > To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [askdba] Re: Strange LGWR problem in alert log > > > I believe U are using LGWR SYNC/ASYNC mode.If not then parameter for STANDBY > services is set > to use LGWR for writing to STANDBY redo while there are no redo logs on > STANDBY created. > > ======================== > > HTHU > > Ankur Shah > Oracle DBA > DHR-GA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vijay, Sekhar" <sekhar.vijay@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:46 PM > Subject: [askdba] Strange LGWR problem in alert log > > > > Hi All > > > > Can anyone shed some light on this weird entry I have in my alert log ? > > This is a QA database on Sun Solaris 5.8 (db version is 9.2.0.5.0 recently > > patched): > > > > Fri Oct 1 00:00:00 2004 > > LGWR received timedout error from KSR > > LGWR: Destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 not using standby redo logfiles; > cannot > > reconnect > > Network asynch I/O wait error 2 log 2 service 'trp4.digitrade.com' > > Fri Oct 1 00:00:00 2004 > > Errors in file /export/home/oracle/admin/trp3/bdump/trp3_lgwr_4317.trc: > > ORA-00002: Message 2 not found; product=RDBMS; facility=ORA > > Fri Oct 1 00:14:38 2004 > > LGWR: Completed archiving log 2 thread 1 sequence 18656 > > LGWR: Error 16164 disconnecting from destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 > standby > > host 'trp4.digitrade.com' > > LGWR: Destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 not using standby redo logfiles; > cannot > > reconnect > > LGWR: Error 16169 closing archivelog file 'trp4.digitrade.com' > > Fri Oct 1 00:14:38 2004 > > Errors in file /export/home/oracle/admin/trp3/bdump/trp3_lgwr_4317.trc: > > ORA-16169: LGWR network server invalid parameters > > Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 18657 > > Current log# 4 seq# 18657 mem# 0: > > /export/home/oracle/oradata/trp3/redoa04A.log > > Current log# 4 seq# 18657 mem# 1: > > /export/home1/oracle/oradata/trp3/redoa04B.log > > Fri Oct 1 00:14:39 2004 > > ARC1: Evaluating archive log 2 thread 1 sequence 18656 > > ARC1: Beginning to archive log 2 thread 1 sequence 18656 > > Creating archive destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1: > > '/export/home/oracle/admin/trp3/arch/1_18656.dbf' > > ARC1: Completed archiving log 2 thread 1 sequence 18656 > > > > I tried to do some research on this but came up with a blank. Metalink > only > > points to a single note which is basically the OERR output. Has anyone > seen > > anything similar in their database ? > > > > I have put in a TAR with Oracle support to find out if this is related to > > the 9.2.0.5.0 patchset I recently installed. > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: askdba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:askdba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > > Behalf Of Rajesh Puneyani > > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:28 PM > > To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [askdba] Strange Problem with TNSPING > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I have this very strange problem with TNSPING. > > > > My tnsnames.ora file had IP Address (rather than server names) > > hardcoded for databases and now those IP Address are changed (but > > server names remain the same) and I have changed those old IP > > Addresses to SERVER NAMES. > > > > But now when I TNSPING those databases then it is still trying to > > resolve the database alias from old IP Address and it is not picking > > up the SERVER name. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > ---------------------------- > > Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias > > Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = > > (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)(PORT = 1521))) (CONNECT_DATA > > = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = GLIDEV))) > > > > Here xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the old IP address > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > ----------------------------- > > > > Am I missing something here ? Is there anything cached that I needed to > > clear ? > > > > Thanks and Regards > > > > > >