Data Guard broker features and benefits

The Data Guard broker can be configured on existing or new Data Guard configurations either with physical or with logical standby databases with a global configuration.

Centralized and simple management

The Data Guard broker provides a graphical user interface and command-line interface for the simple management and automation of management and operational tasks across multiple databases in a Data Guard configuration. The broker monitors all of the systems within a single Data Guard configuration. You can perform all management operations locally or remotely through the broker's easy-to-use interfaces, such as the Data Guard management pages in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, that is, the broker's graphical user interface and the Data Guard command-line interface called DGMGRL.

Cloud Control integration

Integration with Enterprise Manager Cloud Control simplifies the management of standby databases by using graphical consoles. All operations are...