4 Managing the Members of a Broker Configuration

Learn how to manage broker configuration members, and monitor the state of each member of the configuration.

• Managing Broker Configuration Members

• Managing States of Broker Configuration Members

• Managing Database Properties

• Managing Redo Transport Services

• Managing Redo Transport Services for Recovery Appliance

• Managing Log Apply Services

• Managing Data Protection Modes

• Managing Far Sync Instances

• Managing Fast-Start Failover

• Managing Database Conversions

• Managing Configuration and Member Tagging

• Database Status

• Managing Broker Configuration Members
  The broker uses information in its configuration file to manage and monitor the state of each member of the configuration.
• Managing States of Broker Configuration Members
  The members of a configuration can be in various states which, in an enabled configuration, determine the behavior of Oracle Data Guard.
• Managing Database Properties
  There are two types of database properties: monitorable and configurable.
• Managing Redo Transport Services
  To manage redo transport services, you specify configurable properties on each configuration member.
• Managing Redo Transport Services for Recovery Appliance
  Redo transport services for a Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (Recovery Appliance) are managed in the same way as for a standby database.
• Managing Log Apply Services
  You can manage Redo Apply and SQL Apply on physical and logical standby databases by using database properties related to log apply.
• Managing Data Protection Modes
  You can use the broker to set up a configuration having any of the different data protection modes.
• Managing Far Sync Instances
  An Oracle Data Guard far sync instance is a redo transport destination that accepts redo from a primary database and forwards that redo to one or more redo destinations in the configuration.
• Managing Fast-Start Failover
  You can enable fast-start failover to allow the broker to determine if a failover is necessary and to initiate a failover to a standby database from a list of one or more pre-specified target standby databases.
• Managing Database Conversions
  You can use the DGMGRL CONVERT DATABASE command to convert a physical standby database to a snapshot standby database.
• Managing Configuration and Member Tagging
  Tagging enables teams to organize configuration members according to business needs.
• Database Status
  In general, the broker checks the health of a database by verifying that the actual database state and settings match those described in the broker configuration file.