Thanks, Maybe we have something configured incorrectly and I will need to check again. We are running in FSFO mode, so we have the configuration configured. Currently testing on 11204 on Red Hat From: Ruel, Chris [mailto:Chris.Ruel@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:00 PM To: Michael Schmitt; ORACLE-L Subject: RE: auto startup of physical standby What version of the database are you running? OS? Have you created a configuration within DGMGRL? Is DG_BROKER_START set to TRUE? FWIW, I have not had any problems with autostart and media recovery beginning by making sure I have the configuration set up correctly with the broker starting on instance startup. Chris.. Chris Ruel * Oracle Database Administrator cruel@xxxxxxx<mailto:cruel@xxxxxxx> * Desk:317.759.2172 * Cell 317.523.8482 From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Schmitt Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:54 PM To: ORACLE-L Subject: auto startup of physical standby Hello, Does anyone have any good methods they use to automate the startup mount of a physical standby after a server reboot? Our server startup scripts want to startup the instance, which puts it in that read only mode which doesn't do recovery. A document on MOS states if you run the startup through dgmgrl that it will only start up the instance to the level which is appropriate to its role, but we do not find that is working Thanks in advance for any help Notice of Confidentiality: **This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Lincoln National Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Lincoln National Corporation family of companies. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout. Thank You.**