You and Rachel are right, I meant to say background_dump_dest. I am unfortunately on Windoze.
However--I have just realized that my standby is running under 9.2.0.4 and primary under 9.2.0.3, which is, uh, wrong! I'm going to upgrade the primary machine and try again... Thanks! --- Stephane Faroult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems strange to me, because things are written to the alert log > file when the instance starts, even when the database is not opened. > It should have been background_dump_dest (not user_dump_dest) and > sometimes stuff is written to $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/log. > If you have looked for the file with find (don't tell you are on > Windoze), have you used -follow ? > > HTH > > SF > > >----- ------- Original Message ------- ----- > >From: Paul Baumgartel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:49:33 > > > >I've created a physical standby database that seems > >to be performing > >properly, but there's no alert log in > >user_dump_dest, nor anywhere else > >on the machine. Is there no alert log until/unless > >the standby > >undergoes a role transition? > > > >TIA > > > > > > > >===== > >Paul Baumgartel > >Transcentive, Inc. > >www.transcentive.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Stephane Faroult > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Paul Baumgartel INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
