Chapter 2. Configuring the Oracle Data Guard Physical Standby Database

In this chapter, the installation of the physical standby database will be covered in three steps. The first step will be to prepare the environment for the installation, especially the preinstallation tasks on the database. Then the second step for creating a physical standby database will be covered. In the last step, the Data Guard installation will be verified to see if it is installed correctly.

In this chapter, we'll discuss the following topics:

  • Planning and understanding requirements
  • Preparation for the configuration
  • Step-by-step instructions to create the physical standby database
  • Verifying the physical standby database configuration (post-installation steps)

Before preparing ...

Get Oracle Data Guard 11gR2 Administration Beginner's Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.