What are you using to ship the logs ARCH or LGWR ? Use pfiles/lsof to find out what IP connections are open from either one you are using for the log shipping. Compare IP addresses in tns with one reported by pfiles/lsof. --romas On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Yes, I can sqlplus to the fal_server, fal_client, and all permutations of > our arch_log_dest_2 parameter. And yes, I end up in the standby database > when I sqlplus to the standby database. =) Not knowing what parameter you > are looking for with "remote"; we do not have a remote listener setup, but > the passwordfile is. > > If it is any consolation, Oracle Support is asking the same questions that > you guys are. Unfortutnately, I am no closer to understanding what the > problem is. My initial email was trying to find out if anyone else had come > across this problem so far, for it is a very strange problem to have. > > Keep the ideas coming.... *grin* > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Finn Jorgensen > <finn.oracledba@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> If you're at a Unix prompt on the Primary server and do a >> >> sqlplus "sys/pwd@prodstby as sysdba" >> >> Do you end up in the standby database? >> >> What is the output of : >> >> show parameter 2 (or whatever destination is your standby) >> show parameter remote >> show parameter fal >> show parameter standby >> >> Finn >> > > > -- > Charles Schultz >