I"m fairly positive it assumes the broker files are in a shared location. You could try disabling the DG Broker (alter system set dg_broker_start = false) and the copying the two dataguard broker files ($ORACLE_HOME/dbs/dr1<dbname>.dat and dr2<dbname>.dat and then enabling the dataguard broker again. Bradd Piontek Oracle Blog: http://piontekdd.blogspot.com Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/piontekdd On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:15 PM, steve montgomerie <stmontgo@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello, > We're using OEL 4.5 with 10.2.0.4 in a 4 node primary / single node > standby config. > > I'm trying to place nice with GRID control but it's not working! I create a > copy of the db > using the DG interface in GRID, FTP to the new location and then use the > GRID to > add a physical standby using the backup copy I just took. It rolls right > along, restoring files > and when gets close to the end it fails on 'create standby' throwing > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Error: ORA-16532 (ORA-16532) > Text: Data Guard broker configuration does not exist > > it looks to me that it creates the dg config on one node and does > not for the the remaining three nodes on the primary. > > I have a SR open - just holding out hope that someone might have run in > to this before. > > steve > >