Preface

Data Guard is the Oracle technology that meets high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection requirements for the Oracle Database, and is the market leader product for this scope. In enterprise systems, Data Guard is very widely used, so managing Data Guard configurations is a common task of Oracle DBAs. This administration task is not just about installing and keeping standby databases synchronized with the primary database. DBAs also provide standby databases for reporting and testing purposes, recovering partial data by using them, performing role transitions for disaster recovery testing or for planned maintenance operations, integrating Data Guard with the existing Oracle environment, and so on. As an Oracle DBA, you need ...

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