Re: Creating Standby with RMAN documentation

  • From: Fuad Arshad <fuadar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "jkstill@xxxxxxxxx" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:55:28 -0500

Actually it's already registered as tw primary so you ca n use the same catalog 
entry to backup both or anyone and use the entries for restore purposes on the 
other 

Fuad


On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:52 AM, April Sims <aprilcsims@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can anyone else clarify this entry in the documentation? The part I am 
> questioning is the "not register" statement. This is in the appendix F 
> Creating a Standby Database with Recovery Manager
> 
> "A standby database, unlike a duplicate database created by DUPLICATE without 
> the FOR STANDBY OPTION, does not get a new DBID. Thus, you should not 
> register the standby database with your recovery catalog."
> 
> 
> I have not done this, but I understand their intent.
> 
> Two databases with the same DBID should not be registered in a recovery 
> catalog,
> as the DBID is the primary key used to identify a database.
> 
> You can register  the primary or the standby in a catalog, but not both.
> 
> That doesn't mean you can't backup either/both, they just can't 
> both be in the same recovery catalog.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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