| Failover Connections for Data Guard Error with ORA-1033 [ID 461874.1] | ||
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 | Modified 28-SEP-2010 Type PROBLEM Status PUBLISHED | 
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In this Document
  Symptoms  Cause  Solution
 
 
Applies to:
 
Oracle Net Services - Version: 9.2.0.1.0 to 10.2.0.1.0 - Release: 9.2 to 10.2
 Information in this document applies to any platform.
 
Symptoms
 
Connections in data guard environment fail with ORA-01033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress.
Oracle Net client trace shows after successful connection handshake
[27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 00 00 39 4F 52 41 2D 30  |..9ORA-0| [27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 31 30 33 33 3A 20 4F 52  |1033:.OR| [27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 41 43 4C 45 20 69 6E 69  |ACLE.ini| [27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 74 69 61 6C 69 7A 61 74  |tializat| [27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 69 6F 6E 20 6F 72 20 73  |ion.or.s| [27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 68 75 74 64 6F 77 6E 20  |hutdown.| [27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 69 6E 20 70 72 6F 67 72  |in.progr| [27-SEP-2007 11:34:18:104] nsprecv: 65 73 73 0A              |ess.    |
Net service name has LOAD_BALANCE set in description section
  (DESCRIPTION =     (LOAD_BALANCE = yes)     (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = NodeA)(PORT = 1521))     (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = NodeB)(PORT = 1521))
Or has two description sections
  (DESCRIPTION_LIST =     (DESCRIPTION =       (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = NodeA)(Port = 1521))       (CONNECT_DATA =         (SERVICE_NAME = ORCL1)       )     )     (DESCRIPTION =       (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = NodeB)(Port = 1521))       (CONNECT_DATA =         (SERVICE_NAME = ORCL2)
 
Cause
 
Error ORA-1033 is expected for connections when they attempt to connect to standby instance, because it is mounted and not open.
When LOAD_BALANCE is set, connections can load balance between the addresses in the net service name.
When there are two description sections in a net service name, Oracle Net will load balance between them.
 
Solution
 
Example is for service called failover 
1. Setup the net service name, ensuring LOAD_BALANCE is not used and one has one description section.
 DGtest =    (DESCRIPTION =      (ADDRESS_LIST =        (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = NodeA)(PORT = 1521))        (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = NodeB)(PORT = 1521))      )      (CONNECT_DATA =        (SERVICE_NAME = failover)        (SERVER = DEDICATED)          (FAILOVER_MODE =            (TYPE = session)            (METHOD = BASIC)            (RETRIES = 180)            (DELAY = 5)          )        )      )    )
2. Create and start service
SQL> exec DBMS_SERVICE.CREATE_SERVICE (service_name => 'failover',network_name => 'failover',aq_ha_notifications => true,failover_method => 'BASIC', failover_type => 'SELECT',failover_retries => 180,failover_delay => 1); 
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>exec dbms_service.start_service('failover');
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
3.Create a database trigger to ensure the service name is always the same, no matter which node's instance is the primary.
sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER manage_OCIservice after startup on database DECLARE role VARCHAR(30); BEGIN SELECT DATABASE_ROLE INTO role FROM V$DATABASE; IF role = 'PRIMARY' THEN DBMS_SERVICE.START_SERVICE('failover'); ELSE DBMS_SERVICE.STOP_SERVICE('failover'); END IF; END; 
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
4. Ensure the change is made on the standby with command.
SQL> Alter system archive log current ;
5. Listener service command lsnrctl services on primary will then show
Service "failover" has 1 instance(s).   Instance "tom1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...     Handler(s):       "DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0 state:ready          LOCAL SERVER
This method ensures the service failover is only available on the primary node.The net service name DGtest works through the addresses in the address_list section, in order. If NodeA is the standby, then Node B will have the service failover and the connection will attempt to connect.
More information on Dataguard setup can be found in following articles:
Note 316740.1How to configure to let TAF work after Data Guard Switchover or Failover 
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/htdocs/maa.htm http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/pdf/MAA_WP_10gR2_ClientFailoverBestPractices.pdf










