Activate Standby Database

Owned by Jan Klinke
Last updated: May 09, 2022
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This page describes the CLI interface for Activating Standby Database for Dbvisit Standby v11.

Needs to be run only on standby server. Is executed by running dbvagentmanager binary located in $DBVISIT_BASE/standbymp/bin

activate

This command must be run on standby server only

Purpose:

Activate standby database similar to “dbvctl -d <DDC> -o activate” command

Parameters:

--configuration-name [DDC configuration name]

Successful command run:

$ ./dbvagentmanager --configuration-name SOLO activate Trace log will be written to '/usr/dbvisit/standbymp/log/trace/dbvagentmanager_activate_445354.trace.log'. Will activate configuration SOLO (Oracle) between dbvisit-vip2178 and czlin0212 Current Standby State: SCN: 38645595, Time: 2022-05-09:13:47:40 ? Are you sure you want to activate the standby database for configuration SOLO (Oracle) between dbvisit-vip2178 and czlin0212? Yes Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:43 +0200 Running pre-checks please wait... Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:43 +0200 done Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:43 +0200 Next required SCN 38645595 generated at 2022-05-09:13:47:40 +02:00 Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:43 +0200 Applying available logs... Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:44 +0200 Applying Log file(s) from dbvisit-vip2178 to SOLO on czlin0212: Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:45 +0200 No new logs to apply. Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:45 +0200 Last applied log(s): Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:45 +0200 thread 1 sequence 4023 Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:45 +0200 Next SCN required for recovery 38645595 generated at 2022-05-09:13:47:40 +02:00. Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:45 +0200 Next required log thread 1 sequence 4024 Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:45 +0200 Logs applied Mon, 09 May 2022 13:50:45 +0200 Activating now... Mon, 09 May 2022 13:51:08 +0200 Activation complete. Please ensure a backup of this Database is made Mon, 09 May 2022 13:51:08 +0200 Old archives from before the activation should be removed to avoid mix-up between new and old archive logs Mon, 09 May 2022 13:51:08 +0200 Process complete Action completed.