13.2 EM emcli dg_configure_fsfo -operation="enable" does not enable Fast Start Failover (Doc ID 2447247.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

Use emcli dg_configure_fsfo to enable Fast Start Failover (FSFO), the job gets submitted, it completes with Status = Succeeded, but FSFO is not enabled

See example below:

[<host_name>~]$ emcli dg_configure_fsfo -operation="enable"
-primary_target_name="<primary_target_name>" -primary_target_type="oracle_database"
-standby_target_name="<standby_target_name>" -standby_target_type="oracle_database"
-observer_host_name="<host_name>"
-observer_oracle_home="<Observer_ORACLE_HOME>/dbhome_1"
-primary_db_creds_name="<primary user name>" -standby_db_creds_name="<standby_user_name>"
-primary_host_creds_name="<primary_host_creds_name>"
-standby_host_creds_name="<standby_host_creds_name>"
-observer_host_cred_name="<observer_host_creds_name>"

Parsing command line arguments...
Procedure activity DG_FAST_START_FAIL_OVER_20180817105820643 for configuring
fast-start failover of the Data Guard configuration determined from the
primary database <primary_database_name> is successfully submitted.

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The job gets submitted, it completes successfully.   See below screen shot showing the job output.

Verify Fast-Start Failover using DGMGRL and it shows as DISABLED

DGMGRL> show configuration

Configuration - <primary_db_name>

Protection Mode: MaxPerformance
Databases:
<primary_db_name> - Primary database
<standby_db_name> - Physical standby database

Fast-Start Failover: DISABLED

Configuration Status:
SUCCESS

Changes

 N/A

Cause

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