Not long ago i had to switch a standby database to a primary database role. This was necessary when the primary database was lost as a result of disk corruption.
Luckily we setup a standby database to overcome this tragedy and as it seemed , this can be done in just 2 steps.
The statements i used to switch this standby database to a primary database are
First get your standby database to understand it should stop recovering by archives.
SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH;
( with stand-by redologs )
SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE FINISH SKIP STANDBY LOGFILE;
( without stand-by redologs )
Now to make the actual switch :
SQL> ALTER DATABASE COMMIT TO SWITCHOVER TO PRIMARY;
After this , you cannot use this database as a stand-by database anymore.
You will need to create a new standby database as a replica of this new primary database.
