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Oracle Data Guard in Ten Minutes

Learn how to configure Oracle Data Guard in this free tutorial from Certified Master John Watson and Dave Anderson of SkillBuilders.  John demonstrates setting up a physical standby database – in ten minutes!

Data Guard is fantastic technology. We can configure physical standby databases for zero data loss and minimal downtime under any circumstances. Then there are the performance enhancements: logical standby, realtime query standby, snapshot standby. Release 12c takes it further, with full support for cascading standby with the Far Sync capability. It can all get awfully complicated.

However, in this free tutorial, John and Dave will demonstrate that the basic physical standby configuration is simple in concept and practice, and can take only a few minutes to setup.

This free tutorial is segmented into several separate lessons:

  1. Is Data Guard Complicated?   (1:28)
  2. The Steps Involved in Setting Up a Physical Standby Database   (4:02) (click on video below)
  3. Demonstration – Configure a 12c Physical Standby Database in 10 Minutes   (12:11)

Date: Jan 20, 2015

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