After you have switched the roles of the active and standby databases, the replication system will have changed, as shown in Figure 3-5:
Figure 3-5: Warm standby application example—after switching
The previous standby database is the new active database. Client applications will have switched to the new active database.
The previous active database, in this example, becomes the new standby database. Messages for the previous active database are queued for application to the new active database.
RepAgent for the previous active database has shut down. RepAgent for the new active database has started.