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Procedure documentation Starting the Standby Instance as an Active Instance Locate the document in the library structure

Use

If you are having problems with your active original instance, or if the original instance has broken down, then you can make your standby instance the new active instance.

Prerequisites

·        You have set up a standby instance.

·        The standby instance has not been in the ONLINE operational state since it was last initialized.

Procedure

Use the Database Manager for the following steps:

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       1.      Depending on the configuration and status of the original instance, you have the following options:

¡        Importing Another Manual Log Backup of the Original Instance

¡        Importing Log Backups up to a Specific Time

¡        Copying the Log Volumes of the Original Instance

       2.      Start the standby instance in the ONLINE operational state.

       3.      Restore all the indexes in the standby instance that are no longer current (BAD INDEXES).

¡        Database Manager GUI: Proceed as described in Restoring the Indexes After a Database Restore.

¡        Database Manager CLI: Use the sql_recreateindex command to restore a damaged index.

       4.      Create a complete data backup of the standby instance.

Note

You cannot create log backups until you have created a complete data backup.

Result

You can now operate the former standby instance as the active instance.

To make the old original instance the new standby instance, initialize the old original instance and then proceed as described in the Setting Up a Standby Instance section.

See also:

Standby Database

 

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