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Table of Contents for Oracle8i Standby Database Concepts and Administration

Contents

Index

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Preface

What Is New in Oracle8i?

Structure

Changes to This Book

Audience

Knowledge Assumed of the Reader

Conventions

How to Use This Guide

Preparing a Standby Database

Assessing the Environment Before Standby Database Creation

Setting Up a Standby Database: Basic Tasks

Creating the Standby Database Files

Configuring Network Files for Primary and Standby Databases

Configuring the Primary Database Initialization Parameter File

Configuring the Standby Database Initialization Parameter File

Configuring Parameter and Network Files: Scenario

Starting the Standby Instance in Preparation for Recovery

Troubleshooting the Standby Database Configuration

Standby Database Concepts

What Is a Standby Database?

Standby Database Modes

Failover to a Standby Database

Standby Database Life Cycle

Configuration of the Standby Database Environment

Standby Database Maintenance

Standby Database Statements

Performing Maintenance on a Standby Database

Monitoring Events That Affect the Standby Database

Responding to Events That Affect the Standby Database

Backing Up the Standby Database

Managing a Standby Database

Choosing Standby Database Modes

Placing the Standby Database in Manual Recovery Mode

Resolving a Gap Sequence Before Initiating Managed Recovery

Placing the Standby Database in Managed Recovery Mode

Opening a Standby Database in Read-Only Mode

Activating a Standby Database

Using a Standby Database in an Oracle Parallel Server Configuration

Standby Database Scenarios

Scenario 1: Creating a Standby Database on the Same Host

Scenario 2: Creating a Standby Database on a Remote Host

Scenario 3: Accommodating Physical Changes in the Primary Database

Scenario 4: Recovering After the NOLOGGING Clause Was Specified

Scenario 5: Deciding Which Standby Database to Fail Over to in a Multiple Standby Database Configuration

Scenario 6: Configuring Client Application Failover

Scenario 7: Recovering After a Network Failure

Scenario 8: Re-Creating a Standby Database

Scenario 9: Standby Database with No Ongoing Recovery

Scenario 10: Standby Database with a Time Lag

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