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ORA-28000-SYS Account Locked on standby (Doc ID 2683849.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

SYS account status on standby is "LOCKED" and broker shows error

DGMGRL> show configuration

Configuration - dgconfig

Protection Mode: MaxPerformance
Members:
prod - Primary database
Error: ORA-16778: redo transport error for one or more members

standby - Physical standby database
Error: ORA-28000: the account is locked

 

Changes

 sys password changed recently  on primary but however passwordfile not copied to standby through redo changes and customer tried login to standby with old sys password caused SYS account locked on standby

Cause

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Cause
Solution
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