THANKS to all who replied. They got me pointed in the desired direction. Fri Aug 15 11:52:34 2008 RFS[1]: Archived Log: '/u03/oraflash/orcl/ora1d/archivelogs/2_4_662635447.dbf' Fri Aug 15 11:52:54 2008 Media Recovery Log /u03/oraflash/orcl/ora1d/archivelogs/2_4_662635447.dbf Media Recovery Log /u03/oraflash/orcl/ora1d/archivelogs/1_7_662635447.dbf Media Recovery Log /u03/oraflash/orcl/ora1d/archivelogs/1_8_662635447.dbf Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 sequence 9 My (PEBKAC induced) problem has been resolved. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Roman Podshivalov < roman.podshivalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do you have log_archive_config set @ *rac03_ora1d side ?* > > *--romas* > > > > On 8/15/08, sol beach <sol.beach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> V10.2.0.1 >> RHEL5 >> >> I was using *Note:387339.1 >> >> I am close but not home free yet. >> From alert log >> Fri Aug 15 10:50:02 2008 >> ALTER SYSTEM SET log_archive_config='dg_config=(rac03_ora1d,ora1d)' >> SCOPE=BOTH; >> Fri Aug 15 10:52:02 2008 >> Errors in file /u01/orasys/orcl/admin/ora1d/bdump/ora1d1_arc0_17722.trc: >> ORA-16057: DGID from server not in Data Guard configuration >> Fri Aug 15 10:52:02 2008 >> PING[ARC0]: Heartbeat failed to connect to standby 'RAC03_ORA1D'. Error is >> 16057. >> * >> >