In my experience, if you are fairly confident that you followed the steps properly, the issue is almost always network/tns configuration. Can you tell us what error you are getting in the alert log (or broker log if you are using dataguard broker)? I have admittedly spent hours on issues that where simple typos in the log_archive_dest_2 setting. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Scott Canaan <srcdco@xxxxxxx> wrote: > rk. It seems simple enough, but I'm doing something very basic, wrong. I > can't figure it out and Oracle support has been useless. Does anyone have > a document on how to configure Data Guard, step-by-step? I'm looking for > something very basic, none of the fancy options. I'd just like to see it > work. > We are Oracle 11.2.0.3 on Red Hat 6. I have a sandbox that I can play > in. I can delete both of the databases and start over. > Thank you, > > Scott Canaan '88 (srcdco@xxxxxxx<mailto:Scott.Canaan@xxxxxxx>) > (585) 475-7886 - work > "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into > it." - Tom Lehrer. > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l