Hi!
I have 8 physical standby and when i shutdown one the rest gets disabled in configuration.
DGMGRL> show configuration
Configuration - GESS1_BROKER
Protection Mode: MaxPerformance
Databases:
GESS1 - Primary database
GCOD1A - Physical standby database
GCOD1B - Physical standby database
GCOD2B - Physical standby database
GCOD3A - Physical standby database
GCOD3B - Physical standby database
GCOD4A - Physical standby database
GCOD4B - Physical standby database
GCOD2A - Physical standby database
Fast-Start Failover: DISABLED
Configuration Status:
SUCCESS
then when i shutdown GCOD4A the other physical standby databases gets disabled one by one as you see below
Databases:
GESS1 - Primary database
Error: ORA-16778: redo transport error for one or more databases
GCOD1A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD1B - Physical standby database
GCOD2B - Physical standby database
GCOD3A - Physical standby database
GCOD3B - Physical standby database
GCOD4A - Physical standby database
Error: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
GCOD4B - Physical standby database
GCOD2A - Physical standby database
GESS1 - Primary database
Error: ORA-16778: redo transport error for one or more databases
GCOD1A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD1B - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD2B - Physical standby database
GCOD3A - Physical standby database
GCOD3B - Physical standby database
GCOD4A - Physical standby database
Error: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
GCOD4B - Physical standby database
GCOD2A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GESS1 - Primary database
Error: ORA-16778: redo transport error for one or more databases
GCOD1A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD1B - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD2B - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD3A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD3B - Physical standby database
GCOD4A - Physical standby database
Error: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
GCOD4B - Physical standby database
GCOD2A - Physical standby database (disabled)
Databases:
GESS1 - Primary database
GCOD1A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD1B - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD2B - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD3A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD3B - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD4A - Physical standby database (disabled)
GCOD4B - Physical standby database
GCOD2A - Physical standby database (disabled)
I also see that log_archive_dest_state for the physical standbys which are disabled in primary database GESS1 gets value RESET.
SQL> sho parameter log_archive_dest_state
log_archive_dest_state_2 string RESET
log_archive_dest_state_3 string RESET
log_archive_dest_state_4 string RESET
log_archive_dest_state_5 string RESET
log_archive_dest_state_6 string RESET
log_archive_dest_state_7 string RESET
log_archive_dest_state_8 string RESET
log_archive_dest_state_9 string ENABLE
Thankfull for some ideas on what could be wrong.
Regards
BQ