CHAPTER 10Automating Site and Client Failover

Chapter 8 discussed database failover using both a physical and logical standby. You learned that database failover can be achieved simply by entering a couple of commands and can take mere seconds to complete. You might believe that your understanding of database failover is so complete that you would be willing to give yourself a mental checkmark, thinking that in the event of a disaster, you can failover quickly and save the day. Well, we are here to say, Not so fast! You’re really only halfway to a complete understanding of database failover. What good is database failover if your application can’t connect to it?

In this chapter, we will dig deep into the details of failover configurations. You’ll ...

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