Your Data Guard configuration consists of these components and settings:
1. A primary database
2. A remote physical standby database
3. Real-time query is enabled
4. Redo transport mode is synchronous
5. Protection mode is maximum availability
6. The Data Guard broker is used
You notice that the standby destination fails to acknowledge reception of redo within net_timeout period of time.
Which is true in this scenario?
In a Data Guard configuration where the protection mode is set to Maximum Availability and synchronous redo transport is enabled, if the standby destination fails to acknowledge the reception of redo within the net_timeout period, the primary database will terminate the synchronous redo transport mode connections to the standby database to protect the primary database from hanging (C). The primary database then operates in a Maximum Performance mode until the issue is resolved. This behavior ensures that the primary database can continue to process transactions even when the standby database is temporarily unavailable.
Reference: The Oracle Data Guard Broker documentation and Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration guide detail the behavior of different protection modes and the response to network timeouts, including the fallback to asynchronous redo transport to maintain primary database availability.
Your Data Guard environment consists of these components and settings:
1. A primary database
2. A remote physical standby database
3. Real-time query is enabled.
4. The redo transport mode is set to SYNC.
5. The protection mode is set to Maximum Availability.
You notice that queries executed on the physical standby database receive errors: ORA-03172: STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY of 15 seconds exceeded. Which two would you recommend to avoid this error?
The ORA-03172: STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY error indicates that the real-time query on the physical standby database is experiencing delays beyond the specified maximum data delay threshold. Increasing the network bandwidth (Option E) can enhance the speed at which redo data is transferred from the primary to the standby database, thereby reducing the likelihood of exceeding the STANDBY_MAX_DATA_DELAY threshold. Reducing I/O latency on the primary database's storage (Option B) ensures that redo data is generated and shipped more efficiently, further mitigating the risk of delay. These actions, focused on optimizing data transfer and processing speed, address the root causes of the ORA-03172 error in a synchronous Data Guard configuration operating in Maximum Availability mode.
The Oracle database 19c Observer is currently running on host1 and you wish to have it running on host2.
Examine this list of possible steps:
1) Stop the observer on host1
2) Disable Fast-Start Failover
3) Update the broker configuration with the new observer hostname
4) Enable Fast-Start Failover
5) Start the Observer on host2
Which contains the minimum required steps to move the observer to host2?
Stop the Observer on host1 to ensure that there are no conflicts between the instances of the Observer running on different hosts.
Update the Data Guard Broker configuration with the new hostname for the Observer. This step is crucial to redirect the Data Guard Broker to communicate with the Observer on the new host.
Start the Observer on host2 to resume its operations in the new environment.
Disabling and re-enabling Fast-Start Failover (steps 2 and 4) are not strictly necessary for moving the Observer to a new host. These steps would be more relevant if changes to the configuration of Fast-Start Failover itself were required, which is not the case when simply relocating the Observer.
A customer asks for your recommendation regarding this requirement:
1. We plan to have a Data Guard Configuration with one primary database and one physical standby database.
2. We want zero data loss in case of a disaster involving the loss of one component.
3. We want to do Real Application Testing occasionally on the Standby Database.
Which solution, if any, satisfies these requirements?
Synchronous redo transport for zero data loss (B): To guarantee zero data loss in the case of a disaster, synchronous redo transport must be configured between the primary and standby databases.
Conversion to snapshot standby for testing (B): A physical standby database can be temporarily converted into a snapshot standby database to perform real application testing. After testing is completed, the snapshot standby can be converted back to a physical standby to resume its disaster recovery role.
Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration Guide
Oracle Database Testing Guide
Your Data Guard environment contains a four-instance RAC primary database whose SID is PROD and a RAC physical standby database whose std is PROD_SBY.
Examine the command executed on a node of the primary database cluster to create a service OLTPWORKLOAD that the applications will use to connect to the database when it is in the FRlMARYTclatabase role:
srvctl add service -db PROD -service oltpworkload -role PRIMARY -failovertype SESSION -failovermethod BASIC -failoverdelay 10 -failoverretry 150
The service is then started
Consider this list of tasks:
1. On a node of the standby database cluster execute:
srvctl add service -db PROD_SBY -service oltpworkload -role PRIMARY -failovertype SESSION -failovermethod BASIC -failoverdelay 10 -failoverretry 150
2. On the primary database, create the oltpworkload database service using the dbms_service.create_service procedure.
3. Configure tap for clients in the tnsnames.ora files.
4. Make sure clients use the OLTPWORKLOAD service to connect to the database instances.
5. On the standby database, create the oltpworkload database service using the dbms_service.create_servi;l procedure.
Identify the required steps to configure and use Transparent Application Failover (taf).
To set up Transparent Application Failover (TAF) in a Data Guard environment with RAC, you would need to:
On a node of the standby database cluster, execute the srvctl command to add the oltpworkload service for the PRIMARY role (1): This prepares the standby cluster to provide the oltpworkload service in case a failover occurs, and the standby becomes the primary database.
Make sure clients use the OLTPWORKLOAD service to connect to the database instances (4): This ensures that client connections are directed to the correct service, which is managed by TAF and can fail over in case of a primary database outage. Reference:
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide
Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration Guide
