Hello, We are designing a DR solution using Oracle Data Guard 11gR2. 1- Physical Oracle Data Guard with Primary / Standby database. 2- Use Maximum Availability Mode. 3- Use the Observer for automatic failover. 4- Turn on Flashback databases. 5- Use the broker. We only have site A and site B. The primary will be placed in the Site A and the standby with be placed in the Site B. The primary database will run on host 1 in the Site A. The standby will run on the host 2 in the Site B. The observer will run on the host 3 (Until now, we don't know where to place the observer; in Site A or Site B) but it will run on one of the application host. Now, Questions; 1- After a fail over / switch over, will the observer point monitor automatically the standby site or do we need to point the observer manually to monitor the new primary site? 2- Giving my configuration (having only 2 sites), What is the best place to put the observer? What is recommended? I know that the best solution is to have a third environment but, in my case we only have 2. what are your suggestions based on your real world set up? 3- Giving my configuration (having only 2 sites), What is recommended to have a *HA solution for the observe*r , without the use of Grid Control? Thank you, S -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l