Time for action – switchover with a physical standby using broker

  1. If the primary database is RAC and you perform switchover with the broker, it will shut down all the remaining instances except one; and if there are any issues in terminating the instances, the switchover will exit without success. So ensure that all the primary instances are down except the one.
  2. Even though the broker will verify the state of the both the primary and standby databases, it's recommended to check the database state manually as follows:
    DGMGRL> show configuration;
Configuration - PACKT
  Protection Mode: MaxPerformance
  Databases:
    turkey_un - Primary database
    INDIA_UN  - Physical standby database
Fast-Start Failover: DISABLED
Configuration Status:
SUCCESS
  3. Now connect ...

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