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Oracle Data Guard 11gR2 Administration : Beginner's Guide

You're reading from  Oracle Data Guard 11gR2 Administration : Beginner's Guide

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849687904
Pages 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Oracle Data Guard 11gR2 Administration Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Pop Quiz Answers
Getting Started Configuring the Oracle Data Guard Physical Standby Database Configuring Oracle Data Guard Logical Standby Database Oracle Data Guard Broker Data Guard Protection Modes Data Guard Role Transitions Active Data Guard, Snapshot Standby, and Advanced Techniques Integrating Data Guard with the Complete Oracle Environment Data Guard Configuration Patching Common Data Guard Issues Data Guard Best Practices Index

Configuring a connection failover


Building a configuration in which database clients are able to automatically connect to a new primary database after a role change is vital in Data Guard. If we skip this important aspect, it may be very hard to configure connections of all database users to the new primary database.

Now, let's learn about the important connection failover terms – Transparent Application Failover (TAF), Fast Connection Failover (FCF), and Fast Application Notification (FAN).

Transparent Application Failover (TAF)

TAF is a connection failover configuration of Oracle Call Interface (OCI) that is used for high-availability environments such as Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), and Oracle Fail Safe.

When using this configuration, clients can automatically establish a prespecified connection to the database after a failure of the database instance. In RAC, this means connecting to one of the surviving instances and in Data Guard it means connecting to the...

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