There are many examples, and ritesh chhajer offers this example of doing a data guard. Log shipping not happening from primary db to standby db oracle. Fast start failover is a feature available through oracle dataguard broker which performs an automatic failover to the chosen standby database in case of a primary database crash. An attempt to ship redo to standby without logging on to standby or with invalid user credentials. Quick oracle dataguard check script dba survival blog. The log shipping attributes have been set to the broker properties defaults. For complete details on doing a data guard switchover, see the book oracle data guard by bipul kumar. Data guard manager greatly simplifies the otherwise complicated tasks of log management, role management, and data protection modes. This article is a repeat of the manual 11gr2 data guard setup described here, but here the data guard setup and administration is performed using the data guard broker. Create standby redo logs on the primary database in case of switchovers. Data guard alter resource database set state commands. Data guard has options for multiple standby sites as well as an activeactive configuration. Data guard implementation for oracle 10gr2 oracle faq.
Posted by serdar ozcan in database mirroring and log shipping sql server. It can be used to monitor the overall health of the entire configuration as well as an individual site. This gives you total blocks even if there is a log sequence gap between sites. This is not the gap of online log applied to the standby database. Database validation in data guard 12c official pythian blog. The log transport service manages the transfer of redo data from the primary database to standby databases. How to resolve mrp stuck issues on a physical standby. Mar 19, 2010 this note describes the commands used to create a data guard broker configuration using the command line dgmgrl interface. This is done from data guard broker and it will stop log shipping to the standby.
You do have to pay for software assurance on the log shipping secondary. If a standby database is an oracle rac database, only one instance of the oracle rac database can have log apply services running at any time. This is the main difference from the properties we have seen in part i. Jul 19, 2015 on the average we see that the wan optimizer compresses data guard traffic about 34 times and compared to the old san replication setup san did compress the change log also internally before sending it to the remote site we use about 2 times less bandwidth or actually more, since we were previously limiting san replication bandwidth, during. This article is a repeat of the manual 11gr2 data guard setup described here, but here the. Version 8i lacked dgmgrl and were controlled through alter system commands those commands remain valid, but should now be avoided in. There are standby redo log files configured for both the primary and standby database. Switch to oracle user, unzip oracle software under u02. Page 8 of 8 standard edition does not come with oracle data guard, but for this you could use log. Aug 09, 2011 data guard is controlled with either the dgmgrl command line utility to run, type dgmgrl at the unix or windows command prompt or through oracle enterprise manager grid control. Oracle data guard commandline interface reference for.
Jul 31, 2012 there are standby redo log files configured for both the primary and standby database. If so, then please compare whether it has the same size on the standby as it is on the primary by cksum command. This note describes the commands used to create a data guard broker configuration using the command line dgmgrl interface. Jul 10, 20 here is an example on creating data guard broker configuration using dgmgrl. This article gives an example of the setup and administration of data guard using the data. Our situation was when we take down the dns on the dr site down, the app was having connection issues, though the standby log shipping was working perfectly fine. Log shipping is the process of automating the backup of transaction log files on a primary.
It also describes scenarios that demonstrate how to use dgmgrl to create, manage, and monitor a broker configuration. Convert a snapshot standby to a new database blog dbi services. This is the gap of online log transmitted to the standby rfs process and can be used to monitor your dataguard transmission from production to disaster recovery environment. Dgmgrl edit database devdb set property logshippingoff. The standby database is a physical standby database. In it, you have a minimum of two databases, primary and standby. Now that ive finished my housekeeping tasks, im ready to set up and enable a data guard broker configuration for my primary and standby databases. Oracle database 11g offers several enhancements to the oracle data guard feature set that helps an oracle dba to manage a complex, multidatabase disaster recovery environment. We have recently taken over some systems from a sister company and i have been working on them. This can also be done via the enterprise manager grid. I find it much better to configure the dg broker, and use dgmgrl to manage dataguard. Removed database demo12 from the configuration at that point we can remove the archived logs on the standby site rman delete archivelog all. Data guard has options for multiple standby sites as well as an active. Then run the verify operation after the switchover completes to examine the alert log file of the new primary database and to verify the status of the configuration.
Or a software that can read nonapplication batch files like the one we are using and create a service using those batch files. Database mirroring and log shipping vs oracle dataguard. There are various leading companies that offer jobs in various roles like oracle applications dba, oracle developer, oracle financials manufacturing specialists, oracle developer, senior oracle database. In that example we have one primary database testdb2 and two standby database testdb1 and testdb3. Then we will provide you with all the necessary details for you to clear the interview on oracle data guard jobs.
On the average we see that the wan optimizer compresses data guard traffic about 34 times and compared to the old san replication setup san did compress the change log also internally. This can also be done via the enterprise manager grid control gui as well and the assumption is that there is a physical standby database in place and redo transport and redo apply have already been configured and that both the primary and standby database are in sync. Sap on data guard would usually be considered an important environment. Thats why creating disaster recovery configurations by dataguard is very useful for every db regardless of its size. Verify the state and status of the primary and standby database by viewing its information on the data guard overview page or through dgmgrl cli show database commands. Oraclebase data guard physical standby setup using the. Unzip the database software as oracle user on primary. This chapter describes the prerequisites for getting started using the oracle data guard commandline interface dgmgrl. Putting data guard traffic on dedicated network interface. Thank you for helping out, the solutions which you has given has worked.
How to disable and enable logshipping when your standby. But i cant blame the customer as this rule is well hidden in the documentation. Here is an example on creating data guard broker configuration using dgmgrl. Psexec is a useful tool have a look at comment from hans which allows the batch file to run as a system user. From time to time every of us meets with hardware crashes. First of all, the data guard broker is required if you would like to administer your databases in oracle cloud control.
Data guard switchover with dgmgrl burleson oracle consulting. When you need to downgrade to an earlier version of the database software, you can export the broker configuration to a file before you. By activeactive, it means bothall sites are up, running, and accessible. Active data guard allows you to setup a bct file for backups on the physical standby and have the standby database open for readonly. Comparing sql server and oracle log shipping brent ozar. One of those systems is using dataguard with dataguard broker. Nov 29, 2014 i find it much better to configure the dg broker, and use dgmgrl to manage dataguard. Managing the members of a broker configuration oracle docs. Removed database demo12 from the configuration at that. If the apply instance fails, the broker automatically moves log apply services to a different instance. Far sync 6 sql 6 datapump 5 errors 5 managment 5 12c 4 active data guard 4 alert.
With our jobs portal you will find the number of jobs related to you along with the oracle data guard interview questions and answers. Sep 24, 20 those are some handy dgmgrl commands to stop log transport in primary database and log apply in standby database. We will remove one standby database from data guard configuration no rac configure steps to. Those are some handy dgmgrl commands to stop log transport in primary database and log apply in standby database. Data guard is oracle 12cs true disaster protection technology. Dgmgrl show configuration configuration dr protection mode. The lns processes grabs the same redo from the log buffer after the lgwr has written the redo to the online redo log file, and sends it to their standby. Dataguard redoarchive log shipping at process and network level. When open in readonly mode, archive log shipping continues, but managed recovery. Oracle dataguard redo and archive log shipping process at network level. Primary log shipping client not logged on standby tips.
Start the run installer and install oracle 12c database software on standby. Physical standby uses redoarchive log shipping to remote standby database and by definition will be structurally in sync. There are many examples, and ritesh chhajer offers this example of doing a data guard switchover using dgmgrl. Oracle data guard commandline interface reference 7 oracle data guard commandline interface reference dgmgrl enables you to manage a data guard broker configuration and its various members directly from the command line, or from batch programs or scripts. Aug 23, 2015 the log shipping attributes have been set to the broker properties defaults. Data guard is controlled with either the dgmgrl command line utility to run, type dgmgrl at the unix or windows command prompt or through oracle enterprise manager grid control. In the above, the data guard services will stop, but the broker is still running over all instances involved. Ill use the data guard broker command line interface dgmgrl utility to accomplish this. Data guard is controlled with either the dgmgrl command line utility to run, type zdgmgrl. Can be open in read only whilst being updated from the primary. Oracle data guard broker utility dgmgrl satyas dba blog. How to resolve mrp stuck issues on a physical standby database. Some software like fire daemon from firefox may suite your needs.
This article gives an example of the setup and administration of data guard using the data guard broker. Data guard physical standby setup using the data guard broker in oracle. Logical standby uses sql apply and does not have to be structurally identical or on the same infrastructure. Hi, i am trying to log dgmgrl output to a file using dgmgrl logfile x. Jun 12, 2015 this is done from data guard broker and it will stop log shipping to the standby. Oracle 11g installation with asm and data guard setup. Data guard is the name for oracles standby database solution, used for disaster recovery and high availability. Data guard physical standby setup using the data guard broker in oracle database. Oracle 11g installation with asm and data guard setup dba. The database vendor solutions, such as oracles data guard are typically a. Convert a snapshot standby to a new database blog dbi. One of the prerequisites for using dgmgrl is that a primary database and any standby databases must already exist. If the switchover fails due to problems with the configuration, the broker reports any problems it encounters in the alert log files or in the. May 20, 2010 change archivelog destination using dataguard broker 20 may 2010 posted by david alejo marcos in dataguard broker, grid control, standby.
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