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Oracle Data Guard should be configured for Oracle database metadata repositories. It is recommended that the standby database be synchronized when the application
tier synchronization is initiated on the storage. This synchronization occurs automatically because Oracle Data Guard is configured in Managed Recovery mode
the recommended configuration for the database. If the standby database is not in Managed Recovery mode, then you should manually synchronize the standby
database. For more information, see
Section 3.3.2, Manually Forcing Database Synchronization with Oracle Data Guard
and Applying Redo Data to Physical Standby Databases in the Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration.
Recovery Recommendations The databases containing the Oracle Portal, Oracle Reports, and Discoverer
component schemas must be recovered to the most recent point in time. The Managed Servers running the Oracle Portal, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, and Discoverer
component applications and the Oracle instances must be restored.
The rest of this section describes Disaster Recovery recommendations for the following components:
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Recommendations for Oracle Portal
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Recommendations for Oracle Forms
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Recommendations for Oracle Reports
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Recommendations for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
2.6.1 Recommendations for Oracle Portal
Oracle Portal offers a complete portal framework for building, deploying, and managing portals that are tightly integrated with Oracle Fusion Middleware. Oracle
Portal provides a rich, declarative environment for creating a portal Web interface and accessing dynamic data with an extensible framework for Java EE-based enterprise
application access.
This section describes various Oracle Portal artifacts and provides recommendations for disaster recovery.
Artifacts in the Database The Portal, Portal_Demo, Portal_App, Portal_Public, and Portal_Approval schemas
are part of the Oracle Portal metadata repository.
Special Considerations Load balancer virtual hosts for accessing the portal should be configured on both the
production and standby sites.
Synchronization Recommendations The application tier must be manually synchronized with the standby site after
making configuration changes, deploying applications, and applying patches.
Oracle Data Guard should be configured for Oracle database metadata repositories. It is recommended that the standby database be synchronized when the application
tier synchronization is initiated on the storage. This synchronization occurs automatically because Oracle Data Guard is configured in Managed Recovery mode
the recommended configuration for the database. If the standby database is not in
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Managed Recovery mode, then you should manually synchronize the standby database.
Recovery Recommendations The databases containing the Oracle Portal schemas must be recovered to the most
recent point in time. The Managed Server running the Oracle Portal application and the Oracle instance must be restored.
2.6.2 Recommendations for Oracle Forms
Oracle Forms is Oracles long-established technology to design and build enterprise applications quickly and efficiently.
This section describes artifacts that are unique to Oracle Forms and provides recommendations for disaster recovery.
Artifacts in the Database Any user configured databases for the Oracle Forms applications.
Special Considerations Load balancer virtual hosts for accessing Oracle Forms should be configured on both
the production and standby sites
Synchronization Recommendations The application tier must be manually synchronized with the standby site after
making configuration changes, deploying applications, and applying patches.
Oracle Data Guard should be configured for the user configured application databases.
It is recommended that the standby database be synchronized when the application tier synchronization is initiated on the storage. This synchronization occurs
automatically because Oracle Data Guard is configured in Managed Recovery mode the recommended configuration for the database. If the standby database is not in
Managed Recovery mode, then you should manually synchronize the standby database.
Recovery Recommendations The Managed Server running the Oracle Forms application and the Oracle instance
must be restored. If there are any user configured databases, they must be recovered to the most recent point in time.
2.6.3 Recommendations for Oracle Reports
