Thanks for ur reply. I think ur right, because I've saw a standby redologfile switch after I post that messege. I think if new redo data recieved before the last standby redologfile finished to be archived, then the next standby redolog will be used. On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:54:52 +0100 Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kamus, > Oracle documents that one needs at least the # of redo log groups on the > primary + 1 on the standby, when standby redologs are used. I never saw > a logswitch happen to another standby redologfile than the one > previously used, so your observation is quite normal, though somewhat > unexpected regarding the documented requirements. DG always seems to > reuse the same logfile. I guess it has to do with the speed of the ARCH > on the standby. I need to investigate this further if I get a chance on > a testsystem, before I can get more conclusive on this. > > Because normally DG-configurations have real HA requirements (if not, > why was DG implemented), I tend to stay on the safe side and follow the > Oracle docs. It's a little bit CYA, I admit, so be it. > > Best regards, > > Carel-Jan Engel > > === > If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) > === > > Upcoming appearances: > > * Jan 27, 2005: London, UKOUG Unix SIG: Data Guard Best Practices > * Feb 9-10, 2005: Denver, RMOUG Training Days: Data Guard > Performance Issues > * Mar 6-10, 2005: Dallas, Hotsos Symposium: Data Guard Performance > Issues > > > On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 15:33, Kamus wrote: > > > I create 4 standby redo log groups, and use LGWR in primary site to > > transfer redo data, all are good. > > But when I query the V$STANDBY_LOG view, > > I found that only the status column of GROUP# 4(the first group of my > > standby redo logs) value is "ACTIVE" while all the others(5-7) are > > "UNASSIGNED". > > also, only GROUP# 4's sequence# is a value greate than 0 > > and THREAD# is 1, all others are 0 and 0. > > > > Any explains. > > > > > * > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Kamus <kamusis@xxxxxxxxx> 那么多1G的邮箱,我能用来干什么:-) A Oracle8i & 9i Certified DBA from China -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l