Resolve ORA-01031: insufficient privileges when creating Oracle Standby (Data Guard) database
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges almost always has something to do with security. Try the following tip to resolve correct this error when you encounter it during standby archive log transfer.

milly 6:32 pm on July 26, 2010
1. Make sure both primary and standby have the same password for the password file.
2. Copy the password file from primary to standby and restart database.
3. If you still encounter errors, try to regenerate the password files on both sides with the following command: