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When Performing Switchover to a Logical Standby, V$DATABASE.SWITCHOVER_STATUS on Primary Remains PREPARING SWITCHOVER (Doc ID 3032227.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 12, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.1 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After performing "ALTER DATABASE PREPARE TO SWITCHOVER TO PRIMARY;" on a logical standby, V$DATABASE.SWITCHOVER_STATUS on primary remains PREPARING SWITCHOVER.

1. Primary

Expected value is TO LOGICAL STANDBY.

Changes

Performing switchover to a logical standby database.

Cause

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