* August 25 - 27, 2026 *
8:00-11:00AM Pacific
$599.00 USD (discounts for paid members)
Instructor: Sean Scott, Managing Principal Consultant, Viscosity and
Oracle ACE Director
Why should I attend this class?
Get the most from Data Guard
Build the foundation you need to plan, deploy, and operate successful and reliable Data Guard solutions...
You'll learn how to prepare the environment, create configurations, manage day-to-day operations, troubleshoot issues, and maximize the capacity and efficiency of standby databases. The class goes beyond the vanilla recipes with proven, practical approaches to real-world Data Guard problems, including solutions for large databases, low-bandwidth and high-latency networks, application continuity, and migration.
Solve tough performance challenges
You'll learn practical strategies and skills for tuning and troubleshooting redo transport and apply this beating...
...heart of Data Guard ensuring healthy and stress-free operations! We'll also share methods of leveraging a standby database and maximizing value and capacity, with recipes for shifting reporting and batch activity away from the primary, performing backups at the standby, and using a snapshot standby to preview and validate application changes, patches, and upgrades.
Build robust and reliable systems
Database administrators often treat Data Guard environments as delicate, but disaster recovery...
...systems shouldn't be fragile flowers requiring special handling! They exist to minimize or eliminate disruptions from catastrophic events, and anything less hints at misconfiguration or uncertainty. This class will grow your Data Guard skills and confidence, allowing you to build truly dependable systems that perform in emergencies!
Prepare for when (not if!) disaster strikes
Failures rarely announce themselves and offer little time for anything but reaction. The time spent planning for...
...the inevitable is an investment made in your own future, and it pays dividends: faster resolution, lower stress, and attainable KPIs. This workshop covers technical approaches for hardening and streamlining Data Guard role transitions, covers preparations for improving the chances of success, and introduces the soft skills and approaches needed when navigating critical events.
Topics covered in this class
Preparing, configuring, and deploying a standby database
Using the Data Guard Broker and its APIs
The critical do’s and don’t’s of Data Guard environments
Tuning and troubleshooting the redo transport and apply processes and network
Optimizing for high-transaction loads and slow networks
The importance of redo log configuration
Database parameters and configurations for Data Guard
Proper listener, TNS, and service setup for databases, Grid Infrastructure, and clients
Improving reliability and reducing downtime with FastStart Failover and Observers
Securing Data Guard environments
Compressing and encrypting redo transport
How physical and logical schema design impacts Data Guard
Methods of instantiating standby databases with RMAN
Monitoring and validating Data Guard configurations
The art and science of role transitions - before, during and after
Detecting and resolving gaps and missing redo
Choosing the right protection mode
Recipes and considerations for developing troubleshooting procedures and runbooks
Tools and techniques for identifying, isolating, and resolving Data Guard issues
Integrating Data Guard with RAC, RMAN, and GoldenGate
Using a standby database for reporting
Running an AWR from the standby
Enabling block change tracking and performing backups on a standby
Challenges posed by large databases
Deploying cascading standbys for database migration and modernization
Validating system and application changes with snapshot standby databases
Minimizing downtime for schema and system changes with a logical standby
Class Pricing:
$599 USD for Free members
$479 USD for Essential & Advantage members (ask for your coupon code)
FREE for Prime members (just ask to be registered)
Class Outline:
Session 1
Data Guard architectural overview
Host and database preparation
Design considerations
Creating the Data Guard configuration
Instantiating a standby database
Session 2
Validating and confirming Data Guard configurations
Environment monitoring
Encryption and compression
Application Continuity for Data Guard
Role transitions
Multitenant considerations
Session 3
Data Guard and RMAN
Addressing transport issues
Troubleshooting Data Guard
Leveraging standby databases
Solutions for large databases
Solutions for high redo rates and slow networks
Patching and upgrade
Snapshot and Logical Standby databases
Database migration and modernization
Details:
Class Hours: There are 9 hours of live, interactive hands-on class training divided into three 3-hour sessions.
Skill Level: This class is for DBAs responsible for building and maintaining Data Guard environments. You will need a basic understanding of Data Guard and disaster recovery concepts.
Class Structure: OraPub believes you learn more when you freely and actively engage during the training. This is why each session is full of live demonstrations, lots of Q&A time and lots of hands-on action! If you miss a session, you are free to attend that session when the class is offered again.
Watching Recorded Sessions: Each session is recorded and used to create a unique web page just for your class. The recordings can be streamed using any device, but not downloaded. You can re-watch the videos as many times as you wish. The videos and your unique class web page will be available for three years!
Class Requirements:
You will need:
The ability to connect to the online training over the internet, hosted by Zoom. You do not need a microphone.
If you have any questions or issues, you can contact Sean directly.
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