Running the Oracle Data Guard configuration on the primary server

Log into the primary server.

On Solaris, log in as the oracle user. On Windows, log in as the AgfaService user.

If on Solaris, log in as the root user.

Change to the /usr/mvf/bin (Solaris) or C:\mvf\bin (Windows) directory.

To start the Oracle Data Guard configuration:

On Solaris, type ./setup_dg.

On Windows Server 2008, either 32-bit or 64-bit, open an elevated command prompt. To open an elevated command prompt, select Start, right-click Command Prompt, then select Run as administrator.

On Windows, type bash setup_dg.

Enter the following information when prompted:

1. The location of the Flashback partition.

   The location is typically /flashback (Solaris) or E:\data\flashback (Windows).

2. Whether the current server is the primary or standby server.

3. The host names of both the primary and standby server.

4. The size of the Flash Recovery Area in GB.

   Use a value as prescribed for the /flashback area by the Database Configurator tool. Do not include the space for the backups in this amount if backups are on their own file system. Normally, no more than two times the database size is required if backups are separated.

When asked if you want to continue with the RMAN backup, type "y".

Change to the /opt/oracle/current/dbs (Solaris) or C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\database (Windows) directory.

On Solaris, log in as the oracle user and type

mv orapw orapw.pre_dg

orapwd file=orapw password=stayout entries=40

On Windows, type

mv PWDMVF.ora PWDMVF.ora.pre_dg

orapwd file=PWDMVF.ora password=stayout entries=40

This creates an Oracle password file.

To ensure that the scripts can log into SQLPlus as the sys or dbadmin user, in a command prompt, type

sqlplus / as sysdba

alter user sys identified by stayout;

grant sysdba to dbadmin;