Data Guard Commands

To start redo apply in foreground:

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE;

To stop redo apply process on the Standby database (to stop MRP):

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE CANCEL;

To start real-time redo apply:

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE USING

CURRENT LOGFILE DISCONNECT FROM SESSION;
To start redo apply in background:

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE

DISCONNECT FROM SESSION;
or
SQL> RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT;
To check redo apply  and Media recovery service status:

SQL> SELECT PROCESS,STATUS, THREAD#,SEQUENCE#, BLOCK#, BLOCKS

FROM V$MANAGED_STANDBY ;
If managed standby recovery is not running or not started with real-time apply,
restart managed recovery with real-time apply enabled:

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE CANCEL;

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE USING
CURRENT LOGFILE DISCONNECT;
To gather Data Guard configuration information(standby)

SQL> SELECT DATABASE_ROLE,OPEN_MODE, PROTECTION_MODE FROM

V$DATABASE

DATABASE_ROLE OPEN_MODE PROTECTION_MODE

---------------- -------------------- --------------------
PHYSICAL STANDBY MOUNTED MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE

SQL> SELECT RECOVERY_MODE FROM V$ARCHIVE_DEST_STATUS WHERE

RECOVERY_MODE!='IDLE';

RECOVERY_MODE
-----------------------
MANAGED REAL TIME APPLY
To calculate the Redo bytes per second

SQL> SELECT SUM (BLOCKS * BLOCK_SIZE) / 1024 / 1024 / 60 /

60 / 30 REDO_MB_PER_SEC
FROM GV$ARCHIVED_LOG
 WHERE FIRST_TIME BETWEEN TO_DATE ('01.05.2016', 'DD.MM.YYYY')
AND TO_DATE ('01.06.2016', 'DD.MM.YYYY')
To check status of Data Guard synchronization(standby):

SQL> SELECT NAME, VALUE FROM V$DATAGUARD_STATS;

NAME VALUE
--------------------- -------------------------------
transport lag +00 00:00:00
apply lag +00 00:00:00
apply finish time +00 00:00:00.000
estimated startup time 32
To verify there is no log file gap between the primary and the standby
database:

SQL> SELECT STATUS, GAP_STATUS FROM V$ARCHIVE_DEST_STATUS

WHERE DEST_ID = 3;

STATUS GAP_STATUS
--------- ------------------------
VALID NO GAP
SQL> SELECT SWITCHOVER_STATUS FROM V$DATABASE;

SWITCHOVER_STATUS
--------------------
TO STANDBY
You can use verify command to verfy switchover
This comman will generate warnings in alert log file and you can check it before
switchover

SQL> ALTER DATABASE SWITCHOVER to STBY_DB_SID VERIFY;

To convert the primary database into a physical standby :

Before switchover the current control file is backed up to the current SQL session
trace file and it possible to reconstruct a current control file, if necessary.

SQL> ALTER DATABASE COMMIT TO SWITCHOVER TO PHYSICAL STANDBY

WITH SESSION SHUTDOWN;

Database altered.
To verify Managed Recovery is running on the standby :

SQL> SELECT PROCESS FROM V$MANAGED_STANDBY WHERE PROCESS LIKE

'MRP%';

PROCESS
---------
MRP0
To show information about the protection mode, the protection level, the role
of the database, and switchover status:

SQL> SELECT DATABASE_ROLE, DB_UNIQUE_NAME INSTANCE, OPEN_MODE,

PROTECTION_MODE, PROTECTION_LEVEL, SWITCHOVER_STATUS FROM
V$DATABASE;

DATABASE_ROLE INSTANCE OPEN_MODE PROTECTION_MODE

PROTECTION_LEVEL SWITCHOVER_STATUS
---------------- ---------- ------------ --------------------
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
PRIMARY TESTCDB READ WRITE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TO STANDBY