Adding Data Guard Protection

You can add Oracle Data Guard standby databases to the catalog and shards for high availability and disaster prevention in Globally Distributed Autonomous AI Database.

Adding Catalog Data Guard Replication

  1. In the details page for the Distributed Database, select the Catalog tab, and select Add standby.

  2. Enter the following details:

    Setting Description
    Region Select the region where you have a VM cluster to host the catalog’s Data Guard standby database.
    Data Guard VM cluster Select a VM cluster available in the selected Data Guard region.
    Note: It is recommended that you use one VM cluster per database (shard, catalog, or standby).
    Protection mode Maximum Performance is selected by default.

    For information about Autonomous Data Guard and guidance on where to place the standby autonomous container database and which protection mode to use, see About Autonomous Data Guard and Autonomous Data Guard Configuration Options

  3. Select Add.

Adding Data Guard Replication to Shards

  1. In the details page for the Distributed Database, select the Shards tab, and select Autonomous Data Guard in the action menu (three dots) for each shard individually.

  2. Enter the following details:

    Setting Description
    Region Select the region where you have a VM cluster to host the Data Guard standby database.
    Data Guard VM cluster Select a VM cluster available in the selected Data Guard region.
    Note: It is recommended that you use one VM cluster per database (shard, catalog, or standby).
    Protection mode Maximum Performance is selected by default.

    For information about Autonomous Data Guard and guidance in choosing where to place the standby autonomous container database and which protection mode to use, see About Autonomous Data Guard and Autonomous Data Guard Configuration Options

  3. Select Add.