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Changes in This Release for Oracle Data Guard Broker

This preface lists changes in Oracle Data Guard Broker.

Changes in Oracle Database Release 18c, Version 18.1

These are the changes in Oracle Data Guard Broker User’s Guide for Changes in Oracle Database Release 18c, Version 18.1.

  • This release provides several new commands:

    • VALIDATE DATABASE SPFILE performs a comparison of server parameter file (SPFILE) entries between the primary database and a specified standby database. See VALIDATE DATABASE SPFILE.

    • VALIDATE NETWORK CONFIGURATION performs network connectivity checks between members of a broker configuration. See VALIDATE NETWORK CONFIGURATION.

    • VALIDATE STATIC CONNECT IDENTIFIER validates the static connect identifier of a database. See VALIDATE STATIC CONNECT IDENTIFIER.

    • SET ECHO controls whether or not to echo commands that are issued either at the command-line prompt or from a DGMGRL script. See SET ECHO.

    • SHOW ALL (DGMGRL CLI properties) shows the values of DGMGRL CLI properties. See SHOW ALL.

  • The AlternateLocation configurable property is renamed to StandbyAlternateLocation and has new valid values. See StandbyAlternateLocation.

  • The StandbyArchiveLocation configurable property has new valid values. See StandbyArchiveLocation.

  • The new  OnlineArchiveLocation configurable property specifies the online redo log archive location for primary, logical, and snapshot standby databases. See OnlineArchiveLocation.

  • The new OnlineAlternateLocation configurable property specifies an alternate online redo log archive location for primary, logical, and snapshot standby databases when the location specified by the OnlineArchiveLocation configurable property fails. See OnlineAlternateLocation.

  • The V$DATAGUARD_PROCESS view, introduced in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1), now shows broker processes. See Oracle Data Guard Monitor (DMON) Process.