How to configure Client Failover after Data Guard Switchover or Failover

(Doc ID 316740.1)

Last updated on APRIL 07, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.1 [Release 9.2 to 10.2]
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 to 11.2.0.4 [Release 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 02-OCT-2012***
***Checked for relevance on 5-Aug-2014***
*** Checked for relevance '25-Nov-2015' ***


Goal

This Document provides a Method to let Clients connect to the new Primary Database after Data Guard Switchover or Failover.  These instructions apply mainly to pre-10gR2 enviroments.

For 10gR2 and 11gR1, users should refer to the following white paper:

Client Failover in Data Guard Configurations for Highly Available Oracle Databases

For 11gR2, this white paper:

Client Failover Best Practices for Data Guard 11g Release 2

Solution

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