Creating an Oracle RAC Standby Database on a Different Host with the Instance Configured

Use the following steps to create a standby database on a different host with a configured instance.

Setting up a Standby Database

1. Perform an online full backup with the current control file.

2. Set the following initialization parameters in the primary initialization parameter file init<standbydb>.ora (startup PFile) on the source (primary) host.

   LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1='LOCATION=C:\Oracle\Oradata\TSH1\Archive MANDATORY REOPEN=30'``LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2='SERVICE=stby1 LGWR SYNC AFFIRM'

3. Create an initialization parameter file, init<standbydb>.ora for the standby database and set the following initialization parameters on the standby host:

   *.log_archive_dest_1='LOCATION=/ LOCATION_OF_DESTINATION_DB_ARCHIVELOG /arch' *.STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST='/ LOCATION_OF_STANDBY_DB_ARCHIVELOG /stdbyarch' *.STANDBY_FILE_MANAGEMENT=auto DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=('/DATA_FILE_PATH_ON_SOURCE_MACHINE/stdby', '/ORACLE_DATA_FILE_PATH_ON_STANDBY_MACHINE/stdby/') LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=('/ DATA_FILE_PATH_ON_SOURCE_MACHINE /stdby', '/ ORACLE_DATA_FILE_PATH_ON_STANDBY_MACHINE /stdby/')

4. Perform any Oracle Net setup and configuration required to connect to the standby database.

   For example, set up the listener and configure the destination computer's $TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora file for the standby database.

   On the source computer:

   <Standbydb1_use_diff_connection_string> = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = destination_host_name)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = <standbydb_use_same_db_name_as_primary>) (UR = A) ) ) <Standbydb_primary> = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = primary_host_name)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = <standbydb_same_as_destination><) ) )

   On the standby computer:

   <standbydb1_destination_connection_string> = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = destination_standby_host_name)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = <standbydb_destination_db_name_same_as_primary>) (UR = A) ) ) <standbydb_primary_connection> = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = primary_host_name)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = <standbydb_primary_db>) ) )

5. Use a connect string to connect to the auxiliary database when the instance is not configured. Make sure to use the password change_on_install when you create the password file for the auxiliary channel while creating the password file for the standby database on the destination host.

6. Start up the standby database instance in NOMOUNT mode. Configure the Oracle instance for the destination host in the CommCell Browser.

7. Run the Ora_install.sh script on the auxiliary client.

8. Create the Oracle RAC client and configure it as a client on the destination host.

9. Ensure that you set the Standby Role Initialization parameter, DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT, to add all the temp datafiles from the primary database location to the standby database location.

   DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT='<primary_database_temp_datafile_old _location>','<standby_database_temp_datafile_new_location>'

Creating a Standby Database

1. From the CommCell Browser, go to Client Computers > RAC client.

2. Right-click the instance, then go to All Tasks > Browse and Restore.

   The Browse and Restore Options dialog box appears.

3. Select Latest Backup, and then click the View Content button.

4. Select the database, and then click the Recover All Selected button.

   The Oracle Restore Options dialog box appears.

5. Click RMAN Duplicate DB, and then click Next.

   The Oracle RMAN Duplicate DB Options dialog box appears.

6. Select Duplicate For Standby.

7. Select the Recover check box to recover the standby database.

8. If you want the system to refer to the target database's control files rather than the Recovery Catalog database select NO CATALOG (already selected by default).

9. If you want the system to refer to the Recovery Catalog database unselect NO CATALOG. In the Catalog Connect box enter the Oracle catalog connect string credentials.

   • Enter the catalog user name.

   • Enter the catalog user password.

   • Enter the Oracle service name.

10. On the Stream tab, double click the number of streams to use for each Oracle RAC instance in the Stream column, and enter the number of streams.

11. On the Stream tab, click Refresh All to verify that the status of the standby database is STARTED.

12. Click OK to start the restore.