12cR1 RAC Posts -- 8g : Switchover from RAC Primary to SingleInstance Standby

Continuing this series of posts where I have a SingleInstance/FileSystem Standby database for a RAC/ASM database ...


Checking the status of the configuration :

DGMGRL> show configuration;

Configuration - rac

  Protection Mode: MaxPerformance
  Members:
  rac  - Primary database
    stby - Physical standby database

Fast-Start Failover: DISABLED

Configuration Status:
SUCCESS   (status updated 28 seconds ago)

DGMGRL>


SQL> select thread#, max(sequence#)
  2  from v$archived_log
  3  group by thread#
  4  order by 1
  5  /

   THREAD# MAX(SEQUENCE#)
---------- --------------
         1             66
         2             36

SQL> alter system archive log current;

System altered.


RFS[2]: Selected log 8 for thread 2 sequence 38 dbid 2519807290 branch 931825279
Mon Apr 10 23:03:17 2017
Archived Log entry 39 added for thread 2 sequence 37 ID 0x96312536 dest 1:
Mon Apr 10 23:03:18 2017
Media Recovery Waiting for thread 2 sequence 38 (in transit)
Mon Apr 10 23:03:18 2017
Recovery of Online Redo Log: Thread 2 Group 8 Seq 38 Reading mem 0
  Mem# 0: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/STBY/onlinelog/group_8.300.937936389
  Mem# 1: /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/STBY/onlinelog/group_8.306.937936389
RFS[1]: Selected log 6 for thread 1 sequence 68 dbid 2519807290 branch 931825279
Mon Apr 10 23:03:23 2017
Archived Log entry 40 added for thread 1 sequence 67 ID 0x96312536 dest 1:
Mon Apr 10 23:03:23 2017
Media Recovery Waiting for thread 1 sequence 68 (in transit)
Mon Apr 10 23:03:23 2017
Recovery of Online Redo Log: Thread 1 Group 6 Seq 68 Reading mem 0
  Mem# 0: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/STBY/onlinelog/group_6.298.937936361
  Mem# 1: /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/STBY/onlinelog/group_6.304.937936363

The dgmgrl status above is from node1 (collabn1) of the RAC (Primary)database.
The query on v$archived_log is from node2 (collabn2), instance RAC2 of the RAC (Primary) database.
The listing of messages in the alert log are from the Standby database.

Let me add some rows to the data I have in the PDB in the RAC database.

[oracle@collabn1 ~]$ sqlplus hemant/hemant@PDB

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Mon Apr 10 23:06:31 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Last Successful login time: Mon Apr 03 2017 22:49:41 +08:00

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP,
Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SQL> select count(*) from my_data;

  COUNT(*)
----------
       100

SQL> insert into my_data select rownum+100, to_char(rownum+100)
  2  from dual
  3  connect by level < 201;

200 rows created.

SQL> select count(*) from my_data;

  COUNT(*)
----------
       300

SQL> commit;

Commit complete.

SQL>

Let me try a SWITCHOVER now.

DGMGRL> show configuration;

Configuration - rac

  Protection Mode: MaxPerformance
  Members:
  rac  - Primary database
    stby - Physical standby database

Fast-Start Failover: DISABLED

Configuration Status:
SUCCESS   (status updated 102 seconds ago)

DGMGRL> switchover to stby;
Performing switchover NOW, please wait...
Operation requires a connection to instance "STBY" on database "stby"
Connecting to instance "STBY"...
Connected as SYSDBA.
New primary database "stby" is opening...
Oracle Clusterware is restarting database "rac" ...
Switchover succeeded, new primary is "stby"
DGMGRL>

Querying on the new "standby" that is RAC :

[oracle@collabn1 ~]$ sqlplus '/ as sysdba'

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Mon Apr 10 23:36:12 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.


Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP,
Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SQL> select open_mode, database_role from v$database;

OPEN_MODE            DATABASE_ROLE
-------------------- ----------------
MOUNTED              PHYSICAL STANDBY

SQL> select instance_name, host_name from gv$instance;

INSTANCE_NAME
----------------
HOST_NAME
----------------------------------------------------------------
RAC1
collabn1.racattack

RAC2
collabn2.racattack


SQL>

While, the old Standby :

[oracle@oem132 trace]$ sqlplus

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Mon Apr 10 23:37:34 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Enter user-name: / as sysdba

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SQL> select open_mode, databas_role from v$database;
select open_mode, databas_role from v$database
                  *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: "DATABAS_ROLE": invalid identifier


SQL> select open_mode,  database_role from v$database;

OPEN_MODE            DATABASE_ROLE
-------------------- ----------------
READ WRITE           PRIMARY

SQL> select instance_name, host_name from gv$instance;

INSTANCE_NAME
----------------
HOST_NAME
----------------------------------------------------------------
STBY
oem132.racattack


SQL>

So, host "oem132.racattack" now has the Primary database in Read Write mode. The instance name is STBY because I chose that to be the instance name through the testing.  (I could have chosen BOSTON and CHICAGO as is used in some Oracle examples / documentation).

Let me verify my data on STBY :

SQL> shutdown immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area  838860800 bytes
Fixed Size                  2929936 bytes
Variable Size             230689520 bytes
Database Buffers          599785472 bytes
Redo Buffers                5455872 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> alter pluggable database pdb open;

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> connect hemant/hemant@PDB
Connected.
SQL> select count(*) from my_data;

  COUNT(*)
----------
       300

SQL>

The rows inserted at the RAC Primary are now in the Pluggable Database PDB at STBY.

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