Migrating from Windows to Linux with Active Duplicate for standby – problem with 11.2.0.4

Recently I was working on migrating Oracle 11.2.0.4 database running on Windows, to new hardware infrastructure on Linux. This Oracle version is with us for quite a long time, plus migration from Windows to Linux is quite common (fortunately in that direction…;)), so when I got an error while trying to use Active Duplicate feature to create a standby database, I was quite sure I’ll be able to quickly find the solution either in MOS or elsewhere. Indeed, I found several blog posts with exactly the same error, but solution mentioned there was not working for me.

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Smart way to run commands on many *nix machines from (not only) Windows client

Having a need to run the same set of commands on many machines is a very common task for IT engineers of all kind. If you want to do it efficiently and in a smart way (e.g. to run it only on machines with specific set of conditions), I have an example, that could be added to your toolbox.

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