Well i forced enough log switches to have gone thru all of the redo logs, and that forced it across, I'm thinking that even though I asked to redo log delay, its really falling back to archive logs apply, time to go and dig in the DRC*.logs. thanks, joe _______________________________________ Joe Testa, Oracle Certified Professional (Work) 614-677-1668 (Cell) 614-312-6715 Interested in helping out your marriage? Ask me about "Weekend to Remember" Dec 11-13, 2009 here in Columbus. From: Martin Klier <usn@xxxxxxxxx> To: TESTAJ3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 08/04/2009 12:12 PM Subject: Re: ok this sounds crazy BUT, is it a bug Hi, I have always been under the impression, that the delay should be configured on the STANDBY side only, to make sure that all archives are on the other side, just in case the primary location burns down. Maybe this solves this issue as well? Reagrds Martin TESTAJ3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb: > Martin, yes a log file switch moves the log to the standby, applies it, > but I don't see the specific change I made on the primary, what you're > guessing is what I thought also, no real-time applies implies archive log > apply. But it doesn't seem to be working that way. -- Usn's IT Blog for Linux, Oracle, Asterisk http://www.usn-it.de