How to upgrade 11g standby database
On standby server, I installed oracle 11g there, edit init file with compatible='11.2.0.3' and copy to the new 11g oracle_home. Then I ran the following commands with no errors.
SQL> connect / as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup nomount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 2037747712 bytes
Fixed Size 2222920 bytes
Variable Size 738198712 bytes
Database Buffers 1291845632 bytes
Redo Buffers 5480448 bytes
SQL> alter database mount standby database;
Database altered.
But when I check new alert log, I found ORA in the alert log