We do have a different service name on the physical standby. The reason is it is in "snapshot standby mode" during the day. Our setup har three servers: db1, db2, db3 And three service names: dbP ("P"roduction), dbR ("R"eadonly), dbS ("S"andbox) Normally dbP runs on db1, dbR on db2 and dbS on db3 One primary and two dataguard: Service dbP is the primary. Service dbR is Active DataGuard - failover as well as some queries for reporting and extracting for dw Service dbS is at 1AM switched to Physical Standby and at 5AM switched to Snapshot Standby - test and training during the day, "refreshed" to a clone of production during the night But a DataGuard server that is Physical Standby all the time? I can't offhand think of a reason for seperate service name? Unless for management purposes? Regards Kim Berg Hansen http://dspsd.blogspot.com kibeha@xxxxxxxxx @kibeha On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Chitale, Hemant K <Hemant-K.Chitale@xxxxxx> wrote: > Just curious here .... > > Other than for Active DataGuard ... > > Would you define **different** service names on a Physical Standby ? > (i.e. service names that are not defined on the Primary). > > Can you ? Why would you ? > > (Active DataGuard I can understand : Useful to use a different service > name for Query sessions). > > Hemant K Chitale > > > This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all copies > and notify the sender immediately. You may wish to refer to the > incorporation details of Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank > and their subsidiaries at https://www.sc.com/en/incorporation-details.html > . >