Janet, I have found that on NT a shutdown immediate can still lead to recovery being required when the database is started back up. That is, maybe you didn't really have a consistent cold backup of your primary. I have instead opted for a shutdown immediate, startup, shutdown normal sequence to ensure the database is consistent.
Have a look at the alert log of your primary and see if when you started it back up after the "cold" backup it contained a line like "alter database open Beginning crash recovery of 1 threads" That is, did a crash recovery follow the database being opened. HTH, Bruce Reardon -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2002 12:58 Hi, I created a primary and a standby database. Both are 9i on Win2000, the same host. Everything was fine, except the last step: SQL> RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE TIMEOUT 20; ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below ORA-01152: file 1 was not restored from a sufficiently old backup ORA-01110: data file 1: 'C:\ORA_9I\ORADATA\SB1\DATAFILE\SYSTEM01.DBF' ORA-16016: archived log for thread 1 sequence# 7 unavailable I backed up the primary database when the archive was not on. I shutdown the db using shutdown immediate, and made a complete, cold back, I changed the primary database to archive log right after backup. Why the backup is not sufficient? Must the db in archivelog mode before making a backup? Thank you! Janet -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
