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Standby database creation of VLDBs

Introduction

I have mentioned before that the best way to insure Oracle RDBMS uptime, is to create and maintain a physical standby database. There simply is no more reliable way to insure uptime for the Oracle RDBMS.
Creating a standby database involves these steps:

Creating a standby controlfile from the primary database & transferring it to [...]