Rajesh , I think in 9i dataguard this task became little easier . It doesn't take that much time to change role of database from primary to standby and vice versa . That's what doc says I haven't tried it myself though.
-ak ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 10:29 PM > > Thanks for the reply, Pete. > > We recommended EMC SRDF to keep the production and DR in sync, but the > budget cannot provide for it. Now, with a standby DR, what I am scared of > is, it would take me say 15 minutes tops, to activate the standby in case > of a production site failure. But then, making the production back to real > production, and DR back to standby, will take much more testing and time. > > Regards > Raj > > > > > > "Pete Sharman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > racle.com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: RE: RAC and Standby Dr > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > y.com > > > 10/12/2003 02:59 > AM > Please respond > to ORACLE-L > > > > > > > If I understand you correctly and you want to use DataGuard for site > failover and RAC for machine failover, that should work without any > problems. It is indeed what I would recommend for a full HA configuration, > since RAC only answers the machine failover part, not site failover. > > Pete > "Controlling developers is like herding cats." > Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook > "Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!" > Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA > > > > -----Original Message----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 4:39 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Folks, > > A project team here is flirting with the idea of having standby databases > for the two production RAC nodes. The two standy nodes will be at a DR > site. > Any gotchas with this configuration? > > Regards > Raj > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: AK 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).