SHOW CONFIGURATION RETURNS ORA-16856 AFTER FAILOVER ON MULTI STANDBY (Doc ID 2973446.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

This problem may happen on multi standby configuration with Data Guard Broker.

Multi standby configuration means there are 2 or more standby databases are configured for primary database.

After completing failover on Standby A, Standby A becomes Primary Role, and Standby B still exists as Standby Role of Standby A (= New Primary).

But after completing failover, "show configuration" command returns ORA-16856.

WARNING: ORA-16856 transport lag could not be determined

Performed Failover to first standby in multi-standby data guard configuration

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