8/29/2021 Convert Physical Standby into Active Data Guard

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Arun Kumar 1 min read

Convert Physical Standby into Active

Data Guard
In very simple terms, when you open Physical Standby in read only mode, it is known as
Active Data Guard. But, Active Data Guard needs license for and you must check with
Oracle for same before implementing it.

Enable Active Data Guard: Let us Open Physical Standby and test active data guard

On standby:

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SQL> alter database recover managed standby database cancel;

SQL> alter database open;

SQL> select name, open_mode, database_role from v$database;

SQL> alter database recover managed standby database disconnect;

Verify MRP is running in the background: Use below query to check if MRP is running
in the background or not

On standby (active data guard):

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SQL> select process, status, sequence# from v$managed_standby;

Test configuration: As our active data guard is open for read only queries and
background recover is active, let us create a table on primary and see if it is reflected on
standby

On primary:

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SQL> create table test(sno number(2),sname varchar2(10));

SQL> insert into test values (1, 'John ');

SQL> commit;

SQL> alter system switch logfile;

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On standby:

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SQL> select * from test;

Revert back to physical standby: If you want to convert active data guard back to
physical standby, follow below commands

On standby:

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SQL> alter database recover managed standby database cancel;

SQL> shutdown immediate;

SQL> startup mount;

SQL> select name, open_mode, database_role from v$database;

SQL> alter database recover managed standby database disconnect;

SQL> select process, status, sequence# from v$managed_standby;

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