DataGuard Complexities ...

[Domenic G.]

I'm going through the DataGuard docs in Oracle and they seem to be all
over the place. I'm trying to avoid using DataGuard Manager in
setting this up as I want to understand every step thoroughly, but the
docs seem fragmented.

For example, I want to set it up in Maximum Protection mode and set
the primary and standby up so that the roles can be reversed with a
simple switchover command from the DataGuard Manager command line.

I figure I'm going to go take a course in March. And good docs out
there that give a step by step sequence of instructions? In the docs,
it says to copy the tablespaces and create the standby control file,
but not to copy the redos -- do I add those in manually after I mount
the standby? I've got the init.ora settings down pat, but then it
mentions I need an extra standby group. For example, if I have 4
redos, I need at least 5 standby groups, and they all have to be the
same size. Do the group numbers matter? Man, this is confusing!!

Domenic.