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Procedure documentation Activating the Standby Instance Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

If you are having problems with your active original instance, or if the original instance has failed, then you can make your standby instance the new active instance.

Prerequisites

·        You have set up a standby instance.

·        The standby instance has not been in the operational state ONLINE since it was last initialized.

Procedure

Use the Database Manager for the following steps:

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       1.      Depending on the configuration and status of the original instance, you have the following options:

¡        Import an additional manual log backup of the original instance

¡        Import log backups up to a certain point in time

¡        Copy the log volumes of the original instance

       2.      Transfer the standby instance to operational state ONLINE.

       3.      If necessary, restore all indices in the standby instance that are no longer up-to-date (BAD INDICES).

¡        Database Manager GUI: Proceed as described in Recovering Indices After Database Restore.

¡        Database Manager CLI: Use the sql_recreateindex command to restore a damaged index.

       4.      Create a complete data backup of the standby instance.

Note

You cannot create log backups until you have created a complete data backup.

Result

You can now operate the former standby instance as the active instance.

To make the old original instance the new standby instance, initialize the old original instance and then proceed as described in Setting Up a Standby Instance.

 

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