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Redo log shipping failing with the Error ORA-7217 (Doc ID 3066473.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 14, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.5 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database 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 All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Redo log shipping failing with the Error ORA-7217 for Newly created Standby

SQL> SELECT thread#, dest_id, gvad.status, error, fail_sequence FROM gv$archive_dest gvad, gv$instance gvi WHERE gvad.inst_id = gvi.inst_id AND destination is NOT NULL ORDER BY thread#, dest_id;

THREAD# DEST_ID STATUS ERROR FAIL_SEQUENCE
1 1 VALID 0
1 3 ERROR ORA-07217: sltln: environment variable cannot be evaluated. 0

2 rows selected.

Cause

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