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Creating a Configuration and Physical Standby Database by Using Enterprise
Manager
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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the following:
• Enable FORCE LOGGING• Use Enterprise Manager to create a broker
configuration
• Use Enterprise Manager to monitor the broker configuration
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Enabling FORCE LOGGING Mode
• Forced logging is recommended to ensure data consistency.
• FORCE LOGGING forces redo to be generated even when NOLOGGING operations are executed.
• Temporary tablespaces and temporary segments are not logged.
• FORCE LOGGING is recommended for both physical and logical standby databases.
• Issue the following command on the primary database:
SQL> ALTER DATABASE FORCE LOGGING;
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Using Enterprise Manager to Create a Broker Configuration
• Use the Add Standby Database Wizard to:– Create a broker configuration– Add a database to a broker configuration
• Primary database must be started with an SPFILE.
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Creating a Configuration
Click “Add Standby Database” to start the wizard.
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Using the Add Standby Database Wizard
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Step 1: Specify the Backup Type
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Step 2: Specify the Backup Options
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Step 3: Select the Standby Database Location Instance Name
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Step 3: Select the Standby Database Location Oracle Home
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Step 4: Specify the Standby Database File Locations Access Method
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Step 4: Specify the Standby Database File Locations File Locations
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Step 5: Specify Standby Database Configuration Parameters
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Step 6: Review the Configuration Information
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Standby Database Creation: Processing
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Standby Database Creation: Progress
Click “Creation in progress” to view the job.
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Standby Database Creation: Job Details
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Verifying a Configuration
Click “Verify Configuration.”
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Reviewing Results of the Verify Operation
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Creating Standby Redo Logs
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Viewing the Data Guard Configuration Status
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Viewing Data Guard Performance
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
• Enable FORCE LOGGING• Use Enterprise Manager to create a configuration
• Use Enterprise Manager to monitor the configuration
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Practice 4: Overview
This practice covers the following topics:
• Logging in to Oracle Enterprise Manager 10gGrid Control
• Using the wizard to create a Data Guard broker configuration with a physical standby database
• Verifying the configuration