Hi,
I have a Oracle Dataguard 10.2 running on Windows and found a WAIT_FOR_GAP error on the standby server.
--> alert log of standby
Sun Jan 30 20:00:04 2011
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION
MRP0 started with pid=18, OS id=2452
Managed Standby Recovery not using Real Time Apply
parallel recovery started with 3 processes
Sun Jan 30 20:00:13 2011
Waiting for all non-current ORLs to be archived...
Clearing online redo logfile 10 E:\ORACLE\A30\ORIGLOGA\LOG_G10_M1.DBF
Clearing online log 10 of thread 1 sequence number 17848
Sun Jan 30 20:00:13 2011
Errors in file z:\oracle\a30\saptrace\background\a30_mrp0_2452.trc:
ORA-19527: physical standby redo log must be renamed
ORA-00312: online log 10 thread 1: 'E:\ORACLE\A30\ORIGLOGA\LOG_G10_M1.DBF'
Clearing online redo logfile 10 complete
Media Recovery Log L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC17856_0681431456.001
Sun Jan 30 20:00:13 2011
Completed: ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION
Sun Jan 30 20:00:33 2011
Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 sequence 17857
Sun Jan 30 20:51:19 2011
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
RFS[636]: Assigned to RFS process 4976
RFS[636]: Identified database type as 'physical standby'
Primary database is in MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE mode
Primary database is in MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE mode
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
Fetching gap sequence in thread 1, gap sequence 17857-17863
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
RFS[637]: Assigned to RFS process 4012
RFS[637]: Identified database type as 'physical standby'
Sun Jan 30 20:52:20 2011
RFS[637]: Archived Log: 'L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC17864_0681431456.001'
Sun Jan 30 20:56:34 2011
FAL[client]: Failed to request gap sequence
GAP - thread 1 sequence 17857-17863
DBID 3371425568 branch 681431456
FAL[client]: All defined FAL servers have been attempted.
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Check that the CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME initialization
parameter is defined to a value that is sufficiently large
enough to maintain adequate log switch information to resolve
archivelog gaps.
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Sun Jan 30 22:00:44 2011
RFS[636]: Archived Log: 'L:\ORACLE\A30\ORAARCH\A30ARCH\ARC17865_0681431456.001'
Primary database is in MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE mode
SQL> select process,sequence#,status from v$managed_standby;
PROCESS SEQUENCE# STATUS
--------- ---------- ------------
ARCH 0 CONNECTED
ARCH 0 CONNECTED
MRP0 17857 WAIT_FOR_GAP
RFS 0 IDLE
RFS 0 IDLE
RFS 0 IDLE
SQL> select * from v$archive_gap;
THREAD# LOW_SEQUENCE# HIGH_SEQUENCE#
---------- ------------- --------------
1 17857 17863
SQL> select sequence#,applied from v$archived_log order by sequence#;
SEQUENCE# APP
---------- ---
17855 YES
17856 YES
17864 NO
17865 NO
17866 NO
17867 NO
17868 NO
17869 NO
17870 NO
17871 NO
17872 NO
SEQUENCE# APP
---------- ---
17873 NO
17874 NO
17875 NO
17876 NO
17877 NO
17878 NO
17879 NO
17889 NO
17890 NO
17891 NO
17892 NO
...............
SEQUENCE# APP
---------- ---
18067 NO
18068 NO
18069 NO
18070 NO
18071 NO
18072 NO
4032 rows selected.
--> alert log of primary
Sun Jan 30 20:00:03 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c8.1f6c6.0], current log tail at RBA [0x45c8.1f7f5.0]
Sun Jan 30 20:05:04 2011
ALTER SYSTEM SET log_archive_dest_state_2='ENABLE' SCOPE=BOTH;
Sun Jan 30 20:30:11 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c8.201e2.0], current log tail at RBA [0x45c8.20215.0]
Sun Jan 30 20:51:12 2011
Destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 is UNSYNCHRONIZED
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LGWR: Setting 'active' archival for destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2
******************************************************************
LNSb started with pid=50, OS id=1792
Sun Jan 30 20:51:19 2011
Destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 no longer supports SYNCHRONIZATION
Beginning log switch checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c9.2.10], SCN: 276988485
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 17865 (LGWR switch)
Current log# 17 seq# 17865 mem# 0: F:\ORACLE\A30\ORIGLOGB\LOG_G17_M1.DBF
Current log# 17 seq# 17865 mem# 1: E:\ORACLE\A30\MIRRLOGB\LOG_G17_M2.DBF
Sun Jan 30 20:51:20 2011
ARC1: LGWR is actively archiving destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2
Sun Jan 30 20:51:25 2011
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Redo Shipping Client Connected as PUBLIC
-- Connected User is Valid
Sun Jan 30 20:56:35 2011
Completed checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c9.2.10], SCN: 276988485
Sun Jan 30 21:00:24 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c9.fac0.0], current log tail at RBA [0x45c9.10256.0]
Sun Jan 30 21:30:31 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c9.104c1.0], current log tail at RBA [0x45c9.104f4.0]
Sun Jan 30 22:00:36 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x45c9.2c3d7.0], current log tail at RBA [0x45c9.2c94e.0]
I think the error is due to LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_2 is UNSYNCHRONIZED as seen in the primary server.
I have placed the missing logs 17857-17863 in archive directory of primary so that it can be shipped over to standby
but error persists.
Kindly advise what should be done to resolve the WAIT_FOR_GAP error.
Thanks in advance!