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It is not supported to create Oracle Standby database with different edition than primary database.

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Only in very specific case when absolutely no EE features are used in primary database, it is possible to create SE2 standby database.

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Support of Oracle Database version isn’t limited by specific release (for example 11.2.0.4), but we always recommend to be on the terminal patchset, otherwise there could be bugs resulting in issues with deployment or synchronziation.

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It is not supported to create Oracle Standby database with different version than primary database

1.3 Oracle Database Features and Advanced Deployment Configurations Support

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Feature

Supported

Support Notes

ASM

Yes

  • Oracle grid on latest possible version is recommended

  • ACFS is supported on Linux platform for all OS combinations certified by Oracle

  • ASM mirroring syntax for standby init parameters (e.g. db_create_file_dest=+DATA(FG$FILEGROUP_TEMPLATE_MIRROR) ) is NOT supported

SEHA (Standard Edition High Availability)

Yes

  • Dbvisit StandbyMP Supports SEHA configurations.

  • Dbvisit must be installed on shared storage and run with dedicated VIP

RAC

Yes

  • Dbvisit StandbyMP Supports RAC Database configurations excluding version 19c and newer

  • Dbvisit must be installed on shared storage and run with dedicated VIP

Failsafe

Partially

  • Failsafe is only partially supported

  • Dbvisit doesn’t include interface for Failsafe, manual scripting is required

PDB (Pluggable database)

Yes

  • Up to three PDBs for SE2 only (one PDB for pre-19c versions)

  • Adding new PDBs on primary is supported by Dbvisit StandbyMP synchronization

  • It is not supported to synchronize only specific PDBs or synchronize PDB to multiple CDBs (synchronization happens only on CDB level)

Non-Oracle OS Clustering Software (Pacemaker)

Partially

  • Dbvisit doesn’t include interface for other technology than Oracle grid

  • Manual scripting is required when deploying on non-Oracle OS Clusters

ODA KVM DB

Yes

  • Dbvisit supports deployment on ODA KVM DB Virtual machines (Homogenous deployment only)

  • Excluding SEHA / RAC support

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Standby SI FS

Standby SI ASM

Standby RAC ASM

Standby SEHA ASM

Primary SI FS

Yes

Yes

No

No

Primary SI ASM

Yes

Yes

No

No

Primary RAC ASM

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

Primary SEHA ASM

Yes

Yes

N/A

Yes

Info

SEHA ASM support includes Databases with datafiles on ASM or ACFS

SI = Single Instance Deployment

FS = Filesystem

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We Strongly recommend that standby server does have sufficient hardware configuration so as it will be able to sustain live production traffic without any issues in case of Disaster Recovery scenario.

2. SQL Server Database Support

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2.2 SQL Server Database Versions Support

  • Dbvisit StandbyMP supports SQLServer from version SQL Server 2012 to the version of SQL Server 2022.

  • Cross Platform is supported (Windows Primary 🡪 Linux Standby)

  • Dbvisit StandbyMP supports Lower to Higher version combinations (Primary Lower version 🡪 Standby Higher version) for migrations. Switchover is not possible in this case, only failover.

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Dbvisit StandbyMP supports versions of PostgreSQL from version 10 to to verison 16 (including).

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It is not supported to create Postgres Standby database with different version than primary database