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Oracle High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Cloud Services

Explore RAC, Data Guard, and Cloud Technology

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  • Contains hands-on examples on Oracle Exadata and ODA

  • Covers cloning/snap database scenarios to reduce minimum downtime

  • Shows Data Guard scenarios with the latest features of 12c R2 including EM 13c

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
  2. Introduction to High Availability and Disaster Recovery with Cloud Technology

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 1-21
  3. Oracle Active Data Guard with Cloud Services

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 23-89
  4. High Availability for Cloud Control 13c

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 91-186
  5. GI and RAC Options

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 187-255
  6. Troubleshooting and Conducting Health Checks for High Availability

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 257-292
  7. Best Practices in Oracle Data Guard with Tips and Techniques

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 293-333
  8. Oracle Sharding

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 335-398
  9. Oracle Engineered Systems for High Availability

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 399-515
  10. Oracle Cloud Overview

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 517-574
  11. Exadata Cloud Provisioning

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 575-599
  12. Migrating Databases to Exadata Cloud Service Using DIPC

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 601-662
  13. Managing Exadata Cloud Service

    • Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski
    Pages 663-668
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 669-679

About this book

Work with Oracle database’s high-availability and disaster-management technologies. This book covers all the Oracle high-availability technologies in one place and also discusses how you configure them in engineered systems and cloud services.


You will see that when you say your database is healthy, it is not limited to whether the database is performing well on day-to-day operations; rather it should also be robust and free from disasters. As a result, your database will be capable of handling unforeseen incidents and recovering from disaster with very minimal or zero downtime. Oracle High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Cloud Services explores all the high-availability features of Oracle database, how to configure them, and best practices.


After you have read this book you will have mastered database high-availability concepts such as RAC, Data Guard, OEM 13c, and engineered systems (Oracle Exadata x6/x7 and Oracle Database Appliance). 




What You Will Learn


  • Master the best practices and features of Exadata and ODA
  • Implement and monitor high availability with OEM 13c
  • Clone databases using various methods in Oracle 12c R2
  • Work with the Oracle sharding features of Oracle 12c R2



Who This Book Is For
Oracle database administrators



Authors and Affiliations

  • Chennai, India

    YV Ravi Kumar

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Nassyam Basha

  • Bangalore, India

    Krishna Kumar K M

  • Belmont, USA

    Bal Mukund Sharma

  • Pinellas Park, USA

    Konstantin Kerekovski

About the authors

Y V Ravi Kumar is an Oracle ACE Director and Oracle Certified Master (OCM) with 20 years of experience in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) vertical and played various roles like Senior Database Architect and Production DBA. He is also OCP in Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g & 12c and Certified in Golden Gate, RAC, and Performance Tuning & Oracle Exadata. He has written 90+ articles for OTN-Spanish, OTN-Portuguese, OTN-English, TOAD World, UKOUG, OTech Magazine and Redgate. He is a frequent Oracle speaker in @NYOUG, @OTN, AIOUG, Sangam and IOUG. He designed, architected and implemented Core Banking System (CBS) Database for Central Banks of two countries - India & Mahe, Seychelles. 

Nassyam Basha is a technology expert with 11 years of Oracle Database experience. He holds a master’s degree in computer science. In 2014 he became an Oracle Database 11g Certified Master. Nassyam was honored with the title of Oracle ACE Director in 2015 based on his extraordinary contributions to the Oracle community. He was the second Oracle ACE Director in India in the area of database management. He is board member of the Oracle RACSIG team. He actively participates in Oracle-related forums, such as OTN, Oracle Lists (with the status of Super Hero), and Oracle Support (with the title of Guru), and acts as an OTN moderator. He has deep knowledge in the business fields of finance, retail, health, manufacturing, and consulting.


KM Krishna Kumar is a Database Administrator. He holds master's degree in Business administration from Anna University. He started working with oracle technologies from 2004 as DBA and worked with Oracle Corporation for 5+ years. He had involved in Beta testing of Database upgrade and written knowledge articles. He is an Oracle 11g and 12c certified professional and having good knowledge in Oracle technologies such as Installation, patching, DB upgrade using various methods, Data Guard, RMAN, RAC. He has delivered presentations to customers through various channels. He actively participates in Oracle-related forums such as OTN communities.



Bal Sharma is an Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) with 14 years of experience across various industries like Telecom, Healthcare, Financial Services and Insurance; played various roles like Database Manager and Technical lead DBA, Content Architect. He holds several certification across Oracle 10g/11g/12c and Certified in RAC and Oracle Exadata. In his recent role he has been advising customers on adoption of Hybrid Cloud platforms, primarily focusing on database technologies like High Availability and Engineered Systems. He has been in setting up a Database strategies for the largest Banks and Telco’s in India. He has lead various complex implementations at top banks and Talco’s in India. Bal is an avid technologist and believes customer satisfaction is of prime importance, his work across customers like State Bank of India, HDFC, Idea Cellular and Vodafone is a testimonial for the same. Besides this, Bal enjoys cooking for friends and family.



Konstantin Kerekovski is an Oracle Professional with over 6 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry. Konstantin Kerekovski is a member of the Independent Oracle User Group, Suncoast. Oracle User Group and the New York Oracle User Group.. Konstantin Kerekovski has worked as a Senior and Lead Database Administrator with Production Support duties in the Financial Services Industry. Konstantin Kerekovski is a speaker at IOUG Collaborate 2017 as well as SOUG and NYOUG meetings.  Konstantin is an expert at oracle Real Application Cluster Technologies, ASM, Goldengate and Oracle 11g and 12c.






Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Oracle High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Cloud Services

  • Book Subtitle: Explore RAC, Data Guard, and Cloud Technology

  • Authors: YV Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4351-0

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Y V Ravi Kumar, Nassyam Basha, Krishna Kumar K M, Bal Mukund Sharma, Konstantin Kerekovski 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-4350-3Published: 16 May 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-4351-0Published: 16 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 679

  • Number of Illustrations: 280 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Database Management, Computer Applications

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Softcover Book USD 79.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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