when SYS password is changed, password file changed accordingly.
If it is not sync to standby site, archived log transfer failed as shown below.
-- at primary site
Wed Aug 20 11:14:24 2014
Archived Log entry 2743 added for thread 1 sequence 5263 ID 0x69704abb dest 1:
Archived Log entry 2744 added for thread 1 sequence 5264 ID 0x69704abb dest 1:
Wed Aug 20 11:14:47 2014
Starting background process SMCO
Wed Aug 20 11:14:47 2014
SMCO started with pid=33, OS id=15785
Wed Aug 20 11:15:44 2014
Error 1017 received logging on to the standby
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Check that the primary and standby are using a password file
and remote_login_passwordfile is set to SHARED or EXCLUSIVE,
and that the SYS password is same in the password files.
returning error ORA-16191
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PING[ARC1]: Heartbeat failed to connect to standby 'dg'. Error is 16191.
Wed Aug 20 11:16:45 2014
Error 1017 received logging on to the standby
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Check that the primary and standby are using a password file
and remote_login_passwordfile is set to SHARED or EXCLUSIVE,
and that the SYS password is same in the password files.
returning error ORA-16191
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PING[ARC1]: Heartbeat failed to connect to standby 'dg'. Error is 16191.
Wed Aug 20 11:16:56 2014
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 5266 (LGWR switch)
Current log# 2 seq# 5266 mem# 0: /u01/oradata/DG/redo02.log
Wed Aug 20 11:16:56 2014
Archived Log entry 2745 added for thread 1 sequence 5265 ID 0x69704abb dest 1:
Wed Aug 20 11:16:57 2014
Error 1017 received logging on to the standby
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Check that the primary and standby are using a password file
and remote_login_passwordfile is set to SHARED or EXCLUSIVE,
and that the SYS password is same in the password files.
returning error ORA-16191
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FAL[server, ARC3]: Error 16191 creating remote archivelog file 'dg'
FAL[server, ARC3]: FAL archive failed, see trace file.
ARCH: FAL archive failed. Archiver continuing
ORACLE Instance DGS - Archival Error. Archiver continuing.
--at standby site
ARC8: Becoming the 'no FAL' ARCH
ARC1: Becoming the heartbeat ARCH
ARC1: Becoming the active heartbeat ARCH
Error 1017 received logging on to the standby
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Check that the primary and standby are using a password file
and remote_login_passwordfile is set to SHARED or EXCLUSIVE,
and that the SYS password is same in the password files.
returning error ORA-16191
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FAL[client, ARC9]: Error 16191 connecting to dgs for fetching gap sequence