Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re:Standby -> ORA-01031: insufficient privileges -> Solved

Re:Standby -> ORA-01031: insufficient privileges -> Solved

From: Milen Kulev <makulev_at_gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:04:04 +0200 (MEST)
Message-ID: <19921.1117206244@www20.gmx.net> 





Hello Carel-Jan,



I am always reading with a great pleasure your postings ;).
I have tried to keep the configuration as symmetric  as possible.
"stby" ist the name of the connectString for the standby database:



vi "tnsnames.ora"




# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File:
/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.



# stby  database


STBY =



  (DESCRIPTION =



    (ADDRESS_LIST =



      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = host2.example.com)(PORT = 1522))

    )


    (CONNECT_DATA =



      (SID = orcl)

      (SERVER = DEDICATED)




    )


  )



# primary database 


ORCL =



  (DESCRIPTION =



    (ADDRESS_LIST =



      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = host1.example.com)(PORT = 1522))

    )


    (CONNECT_DATA =



      (SID = orcl )

      (SERVER = DEDICATED)




    )


  )





The only place where I have "stby" as string is DB parameter
"db_unique_name".



SQL> show parameter name


NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ -----------
------------------------------
db_file_name_convert                 string
db_name                              string      orcl
db_unique_name                       string      STBY  <!!!!! 
global_names                         boolean     FALSE
instance_name                        string      orcl
lock_name_space                      string
log_file_name_convert                string
service_names                        string      orcl.example.com
sp_name                              string      orcl






In the meantime I have solved the problem. The problem was that in the
definition of the listener (in listener.ora file) I  have had the following
entry:




LISTENER_ORCL =



  (DESCRIPTION =



    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = host2.example.com)(PORT = 1522))
  )



SID_LIST_LISTENER_ORCL =



  (SID_LIST =



    (SID_DESC =



      (GLOBAL_DBNAME = orcl.example.com)

      (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1)

      (SID_NAME = ORCL)  <!! note this line

    )


  )




As soon as I have changed "(SID_NAME = ORCL)" line to  "(SID_NAME = orcl)"
(note the lower case of the second string) everything went fine !




Lesson learned: oracle instance name(ORACLE_SID) is case sensitive in
(almost)ALL configuration files:



    
  
  1.   SID_LIST_LISTENER_ORCL =

  (SID_LIST =

    (SID_DESC =


    
      (GLOBAL_DBNAME = orcl.example.com)
    
      (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1)
    
      (SID_NAME = orcl)  <!!! Lower case 
    
    )
  )

  
  2.   [host2:orcl:/] ->echo  $ORACLE_SID
Orcl  <!!! Lower case    






3) 


SQL> show parameter db_name


NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ -----------
------------------------------
db_name                              string      orcl  <!!! Lower case 

4) [host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/dbs] ->ls -l orapworcl
-rwSr-----    1 oracle   oinstall     1536 May 23 16:46 orapworcl  <!!!


Lower case




But in "tnsnames.ora" it doesn't matter:
STBY =



  (DESCRIPTION =



    (ADDRESS_LIST =



      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = host2.example.com)(PORT = 1522))

    )


    (CONNECT_DATA =



      (SID = orcl) <!!!!!  Here is ORACLE_SID not case sensitive ?!

      (SERVER = DEDICATED)




    )


  )





Regards. Milen 




-----Original Message-----


Wrom:


UFPEGAUTFJMVRESKPNKMBIPBARHDMNNSKVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYUCDDJBLVLMHAALPTCXLYRWTQTIPWIGYOKSTTZR

Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:13 PM


To: makulev_at_gmx.net


Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org


Subject: Re: Standby -> ORA-01031: insufficient privileges




Hi Milen,


The 'orcl' part of the password filename is the instance name. So, in your
case, it should be stby.



I'm very grateful that you're proving my statement, that in a High Available
configuration both ends should be as symmetric as possible.



The name stby seems to be a logical choice, on first sight. However, when
the standby takes over the tasks of the primary, after that failed for some
reason, all of a sudden you end up with a very confusing sonfiguration,
where the database named 'stby' has the primary role. When the primary gets
rebuild, it will have the orcl name. 



Furthermore, until the primary is rebuild, your system is more vulnerable,
due to the fact that there is only one database (supposed you have just one
standby). Meanwhile, it is more likely you make a mistake in this confusing
situation with a stby acting as primary. 



Bottom line: in your situation, I'd name the standby database 'orcl' as
well. In that case, you don't have to recreate the passwordfile, but just
the database ;-).



Best regards,



Carel-Jan Engel



===


If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) ===




On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 22:40, Milen Kulev wrote: 


> Hello listers,
> 
> I am trying to build a standby database (for learning purposes) with 
> RMAN.
> 
> The problem is, when I try to connect to the standy instance (which is 
> in NOMOUNT status), I am  always getting the following error (executed 
> on primary host(host1)):
> 
> [host1:orcl:~] ->rman  target sys/oracle_at_orcl  auxiliary 
> sys/oracle_at_stby Recovery Manager: Release 10.1.0.4.0 - Production 
> Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
> 
> connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1086744555)
> RMAN-00571: 
> ===========================================================
> RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
> RMAN-00554: initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
> RMAN-04006: error from auxiliary database: ORA-01031: insufficient


privileges

> 
> orcl is my primary database
> stby is my standby database 
> 
> Even on the standby machine(host2), when I execute the following 
> statement, I am getting the same error:
> 
> [host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/dbs] ->sqlplus 
> 'sys/oracle_at_stby as sysdba' ;
> SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.4.0 - Production on Mon May 23 16:34:43 2005
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
> 
> ERROR:
> ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
> 
> Standby Database (TNS name = stby) is NOMOUNT status.   
> 
> Configration of both databases :
> *.remote_login_passwordfile =  EXCLUSIVE
> 
> There is a password file (orapworcl) on the standby machine : 
> host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1] ->ls -l  
> $ORACLE_HOME/dbs total 44
> -rw-rw----    1 oracle   oinstall     1544 May 22 12:25 hc_orcl.dat
> -rw-r--r--    1 oracle   oinstall    12920 May  8 08:43 initdw.ora
> -rw-r--r--    1 oracle   oinstall     8385 May  8 08:43 init.ora
> -rw-rw----    1 oracle   oinstall       24 May 23 13:56 lkSTBY
> -rwSr-----    1 oracle   oinstall     1536 May 23 13:56 orapworcl
> -rw-r-----    1 oracle   oinstall     3584 May 23 13:35 spfileorcl.ora
> [host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1] ->
> 
> 
> OS User "oracle" ist a member of OS "dba" group: 
> [host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/dbs] ->id
> uid=700(oracle) gid=701(oinstall) groups=701(oinstall),700(dba)
> 
> The password file (orapworcl)  was created with the command: 
> [host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/dbs] ->orapwd 
> file=orapworcl password=oracle force=Y
> 
> Whatever I do, I am still getting "ORA-01031: insufficient privileges"  
> error message.
> 
> OS version: [host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/dbs] 
> ->uname -a Linux host2.example.com 2.4.21-27.EL #1 Wed Dec 1 22:08:15 
> EST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 
> [host2:orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/dbs] ->cat  < 
> /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon 
> Update 4)
> 
> Oracle Software (primary + standby):
> SQL> select  * from  V$version;
> 
> BANNER
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.4.0 - Prod 
> PL/SQL Release 10.1.0.4.0 - Production
> CORE    10.1.0.4.0      Production
> TNS for Linux: Version 10.1.0.4.0 - Production
> NLSRTL Version 10.1.0.4.0 - Production
> 
> 
> 
> What I am missing here?
>  
> 
> MILEN
> 
> --
> http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l








--
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l

-- 
5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail
+++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++
--
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l


Received on Fri May 27 2005 - 11:08:53 CDT












Original text of this message













  HOME |
  ASK QUESTION |
  ADD INFO |
  SEARCH |
  E-MAIL US