One of
the requirements stated in the Standby Database Concepts and Administration
Manual is that... "You must use the same version and release of an operating
system on the primary and standby hosts. The standby host can, however use
a different directory structure." Also "You should use the same version,
release and patch of the Oracle RDBMS for the primary and standby databases so
that failover operations are not compromised."
I am
about to test this theory by upgrading my Standby Database to Solaris 9, while
my production system is not scheduled for upgrade till the new year. I
will of course backup the database and do a complete failover/activation test
before deciding whether to maintain the OS difference for even a month or
so.
Steve
McClure
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Lange
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:09 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: archiving redo logsWell, one of us is probably wrong.... not sure which. But, I thought that , as long as the file structures are the same that there should not be any difference in an archive log for one OS over another.Since you are coming from Solaris, a unix environment, and going to a DEC Alpha, another unix environment, I figured that they would be compatible.Tell you what, do yourself a favor and create a small database on one system, clone it over to the other system and try it out yourself. You could have your question answered unequivicably in a days time.-----Original Message-----
From: Bala Regupathy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 3:20 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: archiving redo logsKevin,I thought the pre-requisite to create a standby database is it should have the same OS level and Oracle version as primary. Am I wrong ?Bala.-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Lange
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:43 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: archiving redo logsAnd what is the problem with having a standby DB on a different OS than the primary ???-----Original Message-----
From: Bala Regupathy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:06 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: archiving redo logsHi,How can I archive redo logs automatically to a different machine ?. Standby database is not an option because the target machine's OS is different from the primary.Primary db is 8.1.7.2 resides on SUN E10k with SunOS 5.8.Target server is DEC Alpha 4.0If UNIX script is the only option, I appreciate if you can share it here.Thanks,Bala.
