Data Guard broker components

We can divide the Data Guard broker components into two—client-side and server-side interfaces—as shown in the following diagram:

Data Guard broker components

Oracle Data Guard broker server-side components

The components of the Data Guard broker are the Data Guard Monitor process and the configuration file, as shown in the following diagram:

Oracle Data Guard broker server-side components

Data Guard Monitor process (DMON)

The DMON is installed as part of the Oracle database software and manifests as a background component when enabled. The DMON process on the primary database is the owner of the configuration. ...

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