Oracle Data Guard: Overview

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the

following:
Describe the factors that affect planned and unplanned
downtime
Describe the basic components of Oracle Data Guard
Explain the differences between physical and logical
standby databases
Explain the benefits of creating a Data Guard
environment
Explain the use of Data Guard in high-availability
architectures

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 Causes of Data Loss

Hardware & system errors 49%

Human errors 36%

Computer viruses 7%

Software corruption 4%

Natural disasters 3%

Source: Disaster Recovery Journal

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 Understanding the Causes of Downtime

Storage
failure
Computer
failures
Unplanned Human
downtime error
Data
failures
Corruption

Data Site
changes failure
Planned
downtime
System
changes

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 What Is Oracle Data Guard?

Primary Standby
database Redo transport database

Oracle Net

Database Database
copy

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 Types of Standby Databases

There are two types of standby databases:

Physical standby database
Identical to the primary database on a block-for-block
basis
Synchronized with the primary database through
application of redo data received from the primary
database
Logical standby database
Shares the same schema definition
Synchronized with the primary database by transforming
the data in the redo received from the primary database
into SQL statements and then executing the SQL
statements

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 Oracle Data Guard Broker Framework

Oracle
Management
Server
Repository

Agent Agent

Primary Standby
database database
Data Data
Guard Guard
broker Enterprise Manager broker

CLI management client

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 Types of Services

There are three types of services provided with Data

Guard:
Redo transport services
Log apply services
Redo Apply
SQL Apply
Role-management services

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 Role Transitions: Switchover and Failover

Oracle Data Guard supports two role-transition

operations:
Switchover
Planned role reversal
Used for OS or hardware maintenance
Failover
Unplanned role reversal
Use in emergency
Zero or minimal data loss depending on choice
of data protection mode
Can be initiated automatically when fast-start failover is
enabled
Role-transition operations are not automatically
invoked.
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 Data Protection Modes

Maximum protection
Maximum availability
Maximum performance

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 Benefits of Implementing
Oracle Data Guard

Oracle Data Guard provides the following benefits:

Continuous service through disasters or crippling data
failures
Complete data protection against corruptions and data
loss
Efficient use of system resources
Elimination of idle standby systems
Flexible configuration of your system to meet business
protection and recovery requirements
Centralized management

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 Role of Data Guard in a
High-Availability Architecture

Computer RAC
failures

Storage
failure
ASM

Human Flashback
error technology
Data
failures
Oracle HARD
Corruption RMAN

Site
Data Guard
failure

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 Role of Data Guard in a
High-Availability Architecture

Online schema and

data reorganization
Data Partitioned tables
changes and indexes
Dynamic resource
provisioning
Planned
downtime

Rolling patch updates

System Rolling release upgrade
changes using Data Guard
SQL Apply

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 Oracle Data Guard and
Real Application Clusters

Oracle Data Guard and Real Application Clusters are

complementary and can be used together.
Real Application Clusters provides high availability.
Oracle Data Guard provides disaster protection and
prevents data loss.

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 Maximum Availability Architecture

Clients

Oracle WAN traffic Oracle

Application manager Application
Server Server

Data Guard RAC RAC

RAC
production physical logical
database standby standby
database database

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

Describe the basic components of Oracle Data Guard
Describe the differences between physical and logical
standby databases
Determine when Oracle Data Guard is an appropriate
solution in your Oracle Database configuration
Explain the use of Data Guard in high-availability
architectures

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 Practice 1: Overview

This practice covers the following topics:

Reviewing the factors that affect planned and
unplanned downtime
Reviewing the differences between physical and logical
standby databases
Reviewing the components of Oracle Data Guard

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