Thank you for answer. Your example "standbu_dest_location" will use log_archive_dest_1, but if different location how to do it? Thanks. --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Jack van Zanen <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Jack van Zanen <jack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: ORACLE 11G standby database location setup? To: mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 1:31 AM from my test dataguard on 11G log_archive_dest_1 location="C:\oracle\oradata\archive\DB1", valid_for=(ALL_LO log_archive_dest_2 service="dg1", LGWR SYNC AFFIRM delay=0 OPTIONAL compression=DISABLE max_failure=0 max_connections=1 reopen=300 db_unique_name="standby" net_timeout=30 valid_for=online_logfile,primary_role) Jack van Zanen ------------------------- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Thank you for your cooperation On 3 May 2010 11:26, dba1 mcc <mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I am doing ORACLE 11G Data Guard testing. I set up following entry on init.ora : standby_archive_dest='LOCATION=/Archive/DBSBY/arch/arch' when database startup it show "parameter depresate". since this parameter is depresate, how to specify "standby_archive_dest" on 11G? Thanks. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l