Time for action – creating a cross-platform Data Guard setup

In order to create a cross-platform Data Guard setup, perform the following steps:

1. Check certification by Oracle support for Oracle database versions of the operating systems on the website https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/CertifyHome?_adf.ctrl-state=dattfx3qm_9&_afrLoop=878199589056576.

   Each Operating System, according to the 32/64 bit architecture, can be verified whether it is certified by Oracle or not. Oracle Database 11.2.0.1.0 is certified on Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) 7.

2. Determine the platform ID of both the primary and standby database as follows:

   SQL> select platform_id, platform_name from v$database;
   PLATFORM_ID PLATFORM_NAME
   ----------- ------------------------------
            13 Linux x86 64-bit
   SQL>  select platform_id, platform_name from v$database;
   
   PLATFORM_ID PLATFORM_NAME
   ----------- ------------------------------
            12 Microsoft Windows x86 64-bit

3. If the platform ID of both the primary and...