DBMS_DG

11 DBMS_DG

The DBMS_DG package gives you tools to manage Oracle Data Guard broker configurations programmatically.

With procedures for creating, modifying, and removing configurations, handling failover and switchover, setting properties, and monitoring health, you can automate routine Data Guard tasks using scripts and custom tools.

In addition, there is also functionality to allow applications to notify the primary database or the fast-start failover target database in an Oracle Data Guard broker environment to initiate a fast-start failover when the application encounters a condition that warrants a failover.

This chapter contains the following topics:

Security Model
Summary of the DBMS_DG Subprogram

Note:

A multitenant container database is the only supported architecture in Oracle Database 21c and later releases. While the documentation is being revised, legacy terminology may persist. In most cases, "database" and "non-CDB" refer to a CDB or PDB, depending on context. In some contexts, such as upgrades, "non-CDB" refers to a non-CDB from a previous release.

Note:

If you are working in a multitenant container database (CDB), then functions within DBMS_DG are only executed at the root level. Ensure you are connected at the root level, not at the individual pluggable database (PDB) level.