Active Data Guard
Active Data Guard
In Active Data Guard, Even Standby Database is open in READ ONLY mode, Changes are
applied to Standby and Data is up to date. (Ensure Apply Continues).
This is possible only on Physical Standby Database and not in Logical Standby Databases. It
is possible to offload Backups to Physical Standby Database.
If there is Media Failure in Primary DB, You can restore from the Standby Database.
BLOCK RECOVERY
To perform Block Corruption recovery, Oracle will use Archive Log files in Standard
Database.