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Oracle Restart, Data Guard and /etc/oratab

edited Sep 4, 2012 4:06AM in Database Administration (MOSC) 3 commentsAnswered
Greetings All; Hopefully a quick question ...

Oracle 11.2 with Oracle Restart.
Data Guard "cluster" (not "Active" Data Guard) - two hosts, two databases, one primary, one physical standby. 

What should the entries in /etc/oratab "say" about each of these databases?

DBprmry:/app/product/11.2.0.1/db_1:?

DBstdby:/app/product/11.2.0.1/db_1:?

  • Should both/ either/ neither of these databases be marked to start automatically?  (? = Y) in /etc/oratab?

  • Does Oracle Restart take any notice of this flag?  Does srvctl now do everything for itself? 

  • If both databases were set to auto-start, could the physical standby open "all the way" (thereby morphing into an "active" Data Guard setup and costing us pots of money?)

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