Time for action – creating a cross-platform Data Guard setup

In order to create a cross-platform Data Guard setup, perform the following steps:

  1. Check certification by Oracle support for Oracle database versions of the operating systems on the website https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/CertifyHome?_adf.ctrl-state=dattfx3qm_9&_afrLoop=878199589056576.

    Each Operating System, according to the 32/64 bit architecture, can be verified whether it is certified by Oracle or not. Oracle Database 11.2.0.1.0 is certified on Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) 7.

  2. Determine the platform ID of both the primary and standby database as follows:
    SQL> select platform_id, platform_name from v$database; PLATFORM_ID PLATFORM_NAME ----------- ------------------------------ ...

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