If you're logged on locally to the system as the oracle user: dgmgrl connect sys/password@<YOUR_DB> show configuration; look for the standby database name switchover to <db_name>; Stefan ========================= Stefan P Knecht CEO & Founder s@xxxxxxxx 10046 Consulting GmbH Schwarzackerstrasse 29 CH-8304 Wallisellen Switzerland Phone +41-(0)8400-10046 Cell +41 (0) 79 571 36 27 info@xxxxxxxx http://www.10046.ch ========================= On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Has anyone written a guide for a non dba to do a manual dataguard > switchover on Linux Oracle 11g? > > -- > Howard A. Latham > > >