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Primary Db Alert Log Reports 'SWITCHOVER VERIFY: Send VERIFY Request To Switchover Target' (Doc ID 3080307.1)

Last updated on APRIL 11, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.25.0.0.0 and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version All Versions and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The primary database alert log intermittently displays the following warning:

This warning indicates that the standby database is not properly defined in the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n parameter.
The Data Guard Broker continues the switchover process, but the new primary database may not be protected.

Cause

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