How to Drop Data Guard Configuration in oracle 

Once while configuring the dataguard broker, i faced the ORA-16625 and ORA-16501 . This error occurs beacuse the broker rejects an operation requested by the client when the database required to execute that operation was not reachable from the database where the request was made. If the request modifies the configuration, the request must be processed by the copy of the broker running on an instance of the primary database.

Few days ago i configured the standby database “RED” and broker, later drop it . Next time while configuring the data broker the error occurs as 
DGMGRL> create configuration ‘dgnoida’
> as primary database is ‘noida’
> connect identifier is ‘noida’;
Error: ORA-16501: the Data Guard broker operation failed
Error: ORA-16625: cannot reach database “red”
Failed.

To solve this issue, I have remove the data guard broker configuration and then created the dataguard broker. The steps to drop the configuration are as follows :

Step 1 : Stop the standby data guard broker process  
( On Standby )

SQL>show parameter dg_broker
NAME                               TYPE                          VALUE
————————   ———–     ———————————————-
dg_broker_config_file1        string             C:\APP\NEERAJS\PRODUCT\11.2.0\
                                                                DBHOME_1\DATABASE\DR1NOIDA.DAT
dg_broker_config_file2       string              C:\APP\NEERAJS\PRODUCT\11.2.0\
                                                                DBHOME_1\DATABASE\DR2NOIDA.DAT
dg_broker_start                  boolean                        True

SQL> alter system set dg_broker_start=false;
System altered.

Step 2 : Diable the archive log state 
(On Primary )
SQL> select dest_id,destination,status from v$archive_dest where target=’STANDBY’;
DEST_ID      DESTINATION     STATUS
——–       —————     ———-
   2                delhi                 VALID

SQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_state_2=defer ;
System altered.

SQL> select dest_id,destination,status from v$archive_dest where target=’STANDBY’;

DEST_ID      DESTINATION     STATUS
——–       —————     ———-
   2                delhi                 DEFERRED

Step 3 : On both system rename or drop the metadata files

SQL> show parameter dg_broker

NAME                               TYPE                          VALUE
————————   ———–     ———————————————-
dg_broker_config_file1        string             C:\APP\NEERAJS\PRODUCT\11.2.0\
                                                                DBHOME_1\DATABASE\DR1NOIDA.DAT
dg_broker_config_file2       string              C:\APP\NEERAJS\PRODUCT\11.2.0\
                                                                DBHOME_1\DATABASE\DR2NOIDA.DAT
dg_broker_start                  boolean                        False

Delete or rename the file DR1NOIDA.DAT and DR@NOIDA.DAT .

Enjoy       🙂