Wednesday, August 14, 2013

QUERY DATAGUARD AND STANDBY STATUS

-- Find which logs were applied in the last day
 SELECT SEQUENCE#, to_char(FIRST_TIME,'hh24:mi:ss dd/mm/yyyy'), to_char(NEXT_TIME,'hh24:mi:ss dd/mm/yyyy'),APPLIED FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG where next_time>sysdate-1 ORDER BY SEQUENCE# ;


-- Find last applied log
  select to_char(max(FIRST_TIME),'hh24:mi:ss dd/mm/yyyy') FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG where applied='YES';
 
-- What are the managed standby processes doing?
  SELECT PROCESS, STATUS, THREAD#, SEQUENCE#, BLOCK#, BLOCKS FROM V$MANAGED_STANDBY;
 
-- Are we on production or standby?
 SELECT DATABASE_ROLE, DB_UNIQUE_NAME INSTANCE, OPEN_MODE, PROTECTION_MODE, PROTECTION_LEVEL, SWITCHOVER_STATUS FROM V$DATABASE;
 
-- Check for errors
 SELECT MESSAGE FROM V$DATAGUARD_STATUS;
 
-- Check that the DB was openned correctly 
 SELECT RECOVERY_MODE FROM V$ARCHIVE_DEST_STATUS;

-- important lag statistics
 select * from v$dataguard_stats;


 -- configure log shipping on primary
alter system set log_archive_dest_3='SERVICE=DEVPCOMB LGWR ASYNC VALID_FOR=(ONLINE_LOGFILES, PRIMARY_ROLE) DB_UNIQUE_NAME=DEVPCOMB';
alter system set log_archive_dest_state_3='enable';


-- stopping and starting managed recovery on standby
alter database recover managed standby database cancel;
alter database recover managed standby database disconnect;
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE USING CURRENT LOGFILE disconnect;


-- Manually register an archive log on standby
alter database register physical logfile '<fullpath/filename>';

-- Check if standby logs are configured right
set lines 100 pages 999
col member format a70
select st.group#
, st.sequence#
, ceil(st.bytes / 1048576) mb
, lf.member
from v$standby_log st
, v$logfile lf
where st.group# = lf.group#
/

  • Last applied log: Run this query on the standby database to see the last applied archivelog sequence number for each thread.


SQL> SELECT thread#, max(SEQUENCE#) FROM V$ARCHIVED_LOG where APPLIED='YES' group by thread#;

   THREAD# MAX(SEQUENCE#)
---------- --------------
         1          69479
         2          78079

  • Archivelog difference: Run this on primary database. (not for real time apply)

SQL> ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS';
SQL> SELECT   a.thread#,  b. last_seq, a.applied_seq, a. last_app_timestamp, b.last_seq-a.applied_seq   ARC_DIFF FROM (SELECT  thread#, MAX(sequence#) applied_seq, MAX(next_time) last_app_timestamp FROM gv$archived_log WHERE applied = 'YES' GROUP BY thread#) a,           (SELECT  thread#, MAX (sequence#) last_seq FROM gv$archived_log GROUP BY thread#) b WHERE a.thread# = b.thread#;

   THREAD#   LAST_SEQ APPLIED_SEQ LAST_APP_TIMESTAMP     ARC_DIFF
---------- ---------- ----------- -------------------- ----------
         2      78083       78082 01-JUL-2013 16:05:25          1
         1      69486       69485 01-JUL-2013 16:08:21          1

  • Apply/transport lags: v$dataguard_stats view will show the general synchronization status of standby database. Better to use on 11gR2 even with the latest PSU (Check bugs : 13394040, 7119382, 9968073, 7507011, 13045332, 6874522).


SQL> set lines 200
SQL> col name format a40
SQL> col value format a20
SQL> select * from v$dataguard_stats;

NAME                     VALUE             UNIT        TIME_COMPUTED         DATUM_TIME
------------------------ ----------------- ------      --------------------- ---------------------
transport lag            +00 00:09:44      …           07/01/2013 15:49:29   07/01/2013 15:49:27
apply lag                +00 00:09:44      …           07/01/2013 15:49:29   07/01/2013 15:49:27
apply finish time        +00 00:00:00.001  …           07/01/2013 15:49:29
estimated startup time   27                second      07/01/2013 15:49:29   

  • Apply rate: To find out the speed of media recovery in a standby database, you can use this query:


SQL> set lines 200
SQL> col type format a30
SQL> col ITEM format a20
SQL> col comments format a20
SQL> select * from v$recovery_progress;

START_TIM TYPE             ITEM                 UNITS        SOFAR      TOTAL TIMESTAMP COMMENTS
--------- ---------------- -------------------- ------------------ ---------- --------- ----
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Log Files            Files         3363          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Active Apply Rate    KB/sec       21584          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Average Apply Rate   KB/sec        3239          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Maximum Apply Rate   KB/sec       48913          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Redo Applied         Megabytes  2953165          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Last Applied Redo    SCN+Time         0          0 01-JUL-13
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Active Time          Seconds     233822          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Apply Time per Log   Seconds         57          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Checkpoint Time per  Seconds         11          0
                           Log
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Elapsed Time         Seconds     933565          0
20-JUN-13 Media Recovery   Standby Apply Lag    Seconds        483          0

11 rows selected.

You can also use below before 11gR2. (Deprecated in 11gR2):

SQL> select APPLY_RATE from V$STANDBY_APPLY_SNAPSHOT;

  • To check Redo apply mode on physical standby database:

SQL> SELECT RECOVERY_MODE FROM V$ARCHIVE_DEST_STATUS where dest_id=2;

RECOVERY_MODE
-----------------------
MANAGED

  • To check what MRP process is waiting:

select a.event, a.wait_time, a.seconds_in_wait from gv$session_wait a, gv$session b where a.sid=b.sid and b.sid=(select SID from v$session where PADDR=(select PADDR from v$bgprocess where NAME='MRP0'))

EVENT                                           WAIT_TIME SECONDS_IN_WAIT
---------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------------
parallel recovery control message reply                 0               0

  • Archive Lag Histogram: The  V$STANDBY_EVENT_HISTOGRAM view came with 11gR2 and shows the historical occurance of archive lags in terms of seconds. For example following output shows that in 07/01/2013 archive lag reached 5 hours and in 06/15/2013 gap was 22 hours which was resolved after more than a week.

SQL> col name format a10
SQL> select * from  V$STANDBY_EVENT_HISTOGRAM;

NAME             TIME UNIT             COUNT LAST_TIME_UPDATED
---------- ---------- ------------  -------- --------------------
apply lag           0 seconds              0
apply lag           1 seconds              1 04/13/2013 01:40:23
apply lag           2 seconds              1 04/13/2013 01:40:24
apply lag           3 seconds              1 04/13/2013 01:40:25
apply lag           4 seconds              1 04/13/2013 01:40:26
...
apply lag          25 seconds              3 05/21/2013 06:31:19
apply lag          26 seconds              3 05/21/2013 06:31:20
apply lag          27 seconds              3 05/21/2013 06:31:23
apply lag          28 seconds              5 05/21/2013 06:31:22
apply lag          29 seconds              1 05/15/2013 07:47:46
apply lag          30 seconds              4 05/21/2013 06:31:24
...
apply lag          44 seconds              8 06/26/2013 00:33:14
apply lag          45 seconds              8 06/26/2013 00:33:15
apply lag          46 seconds              8 06/26/2013 00:33:17
apply lag          47 seconds              8 06/26/2013 00:33:18
apply lag          48 seconds              9 06/26/2013 00:33:19
...
apply lag          57 seconds             29 06/26/2013 06:33:02
apply lag          58 seconds             25 06/26/2013 06:33:27
apply lag          59 seconds             28 06/26/2013 06:33:28
apply lag           1 minutes              0
apply lag           2 minutes           9316 06/30/2013 18:33:45
apply lag           3 minutes          94601 07/01/2013 14:23:11
apply lag           4 minutes         209262 07/01/2013 14:56:13
apply lag           5 minutes         355744 07/01/2013 16:02:33
apply lag           6 minutes         522176 07/01/2013 16:03:30
apply lag           7 minutes         634199 07/01/2013 16:01:10
...
apply lag          47 minutes          28174 07/01/2013 05:14:53
apply lag          48 minutes          28231 07/01/2013 05:14:49
apply lag          49 minutes          27099 07/01/2013 05:14:44
apply lag          50 minutes          26532 07/01/2013 05:14:40
...
apply lag           3 hours           564493 07/01/2013 05:00:08
apply lag           4 hours           511628 06/22/2013 07:43:26
apply lag           5 hours           448572 06/22/2013 07:34:03
apply lag           6 hours           369037 06/22/2013 07:09:59
apply lag           7 hours           206117 06/21/2013 00:53:27
apply lag           8 hours           137932 06/21/2013 00:33:53
apply lag           9 hours           137091 06/21/2013 00:03:33
apply lag          10 hours            98103 06/20/2013 23:26:34
apply lag          11 hours           104157 06/20/2013 22:53:12
apply lag          12 hours           102141 06/20/2013 22:14:07
apply lag          13 hours            89214 06/20/2013 21:32:22
apply lag          14 hours            64880 06/20/2013 21:04:29
apply lag          15 hours            43471 06/20/2013 21:01:45
apply lag          16 hours            38075 06/20/2013 20:59:37
apply lag          17 hours            38449 06/20/2013 20:55:34
apply lag          18 hours            22049 06/16/2013 01:22:55
apply lag          19 hours            19873 06/16/2013 00:53:55
apply lag          20 hours            15985 06/15/2013 23:52:16
apply lag          21 hours            13290 06/15/2013 03:08:49
apply lag          22 hours             7330 06/15/2013 02:07:26
apply lag          23 hours             1606 02/15/2013 22:16:11
apply lag           1 days              3216 02/15/2013 22:00:42
apply lag           2 days             16768 02/15/2013 20:54:06

144 rows selected.


  • Redo switch report of primary database can be seen with the following query. This information may be helpful when investigating the possible causes of archive gaps, apply lags or data guard performance issues.

SQL> SET PAGESIZE 9999
SQL> col day format a15
SQL> SELECT A.*, Round(A.Count#*B.AVG#/1024/1024) Daily_Avg_Mb FROM(SELECT To_Char(First_Time,'YYYY-MM-DD') DAY, Count(1) Count#, Min(RECID) Min#, Max(RECID) Max# FROM gv$log_history GROUP BY To_Char(First_Time,'YYYY-MM-DD') ORDER BY 1 DESC) A,(SELECT Avg(BYTES) AVG#, Count(1) Count#, Max(BYTES) Max_Bytes, Min(BYTES) Min_Bytes FROM gv$log ) B;

DAY                 COUNT#       MIN#       MAX# DAILY_AVG_MB
--------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------------
2013-07-01             442     147345     147566       452608
2013-06-30             526     147083     147347       538624
2013-06-29             532     146817     147082       544768
2013-06-28             928     146353     146816       950272
2013-06-27             760     145973     146352       778240
2013-06-26             708     145619     145972       724992
2013-06-25             560     145338     145618       573440
2013-06-24             498     145090     145339       509952
2013-06-23             104     145038     145089       106496
2013-06-22             338     144869     145037       346112
2013-06-21             748     144495     144868       765952
2013-06-20             748     144121     144494       765952
2013-06-19             952     143645     144120       974848
2013-06-18             882     143204     143644       903168
2013-06-17             914     142746     143203       935936
2013-06-16             454     142520     142747       464896
2013-06-15            1520     141760     142519      1556480
2013-06-14            1862     140829     141759      1906688
2013-06-13             970     140343     140828       993280
2013-06-12             598     140045     140345       612352
2013-06-11             550     139770     140044       563200
2013-06-10             516     139511     139769       528384
2013-06-09             178     139423     139512       182272
2013-06-08             296     139275     139422       303104
2013-06-07             490     139030     139274       501760
2013-06-06             572     138744     139029       585728
2013-06-05             488     138499     138743       499712
2013-06-04             554     138223     138500       567296

SQL>  select open_mode from v$database;


OPEN_MODE

---------

MOUNTED


SQL> alter database open read only;

Database altered.


SQL> select open_mode from v$database;


OPEN_MODE

---------

READ ONLY

3. Start the log apply service on one instance with 

SQL> alter database recover managed standby database using current logfile disconnect;

Database altered.

4. On both standby instances querying the open mode will give 

SQL> select open_mode from v$database;



OPEN_MODE

--------------------


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