Data Guard and Disaster Recovery Best Practices
April 21, 2026 | 11:00 AM CT
Many (if not most) Data Guard environments are quietly "broken" in one way or another, despite best efforts at following documentation and validating environments. Database administrators may outwardly express confidence, but the signs are there:
Treating DR/Data Guard as "fragile" systems
Anxiety about modifying Data Guard environments
Doubts that DR will 100% work when needed
Uncertainty about achieving RPO and RTO
If these sound familiar, this webinar is for you! This session moves beyond theory and documentation, building on lessons forged in the aftermath of real-world Data Guard and DR failures. I'll show you how to catch and repair common issues and errors in Data Guard environments and—more importantly—explain how and why these issues happen. The knowledge you'll gain from this class will grow your skills, allowing you to manage your Data Guard environments with greater confidence, increasing the reliability and stability of your disaster recovery strategy!
Presented by Sean Scott, Managing Principal Consultant at Viscosity, Oracle ACE Director
This event is co-hosted by the New York Oracle Users Group (www.nyoug.org) and Oracle Professional Services firm, Viscosity North America (www.viscosityna.com)
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Sean Scott
Sean Scott is an Oracle database engineer, developer, and trainer who uses compelling narrative to motivate and educate without diluting or oversimplifying technical subjects. His novel history in IT and diverse industry background allow him to identify and implement solutions that balance practical needs against business concerns, bridging the divide between leadership and technical teams.
Sean is an Oracle ACE Director, member of Symposium 42, and frequent presenter and keynote speaker at technical events around the globe. He's recognized as a subject matter expert for Data Guard, RMAN and ZDLRA, Oracle Engineered Systems, RAC, database upgrade and modernization, and cloud-native database containerization. His experience extends further to high availability and disaster recovery system design and troubleshooting, performance tuning, physical and logical schema optimization, and information lifecycle management. Seán's worked as a database reliability engineer, administrator, architect, and developer in industries across the spectrum of manufacturing, e-commerce & retail, logistics & transportation, pharmaceuticals & medicine, gaming, entertainment, utilities, military & defense, federal/state/local government, scientific research, nuclear energy, and higher education.
Viscosity's core expertise includes:
Data Analytics, Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance, High Availability & Scalability Solutions, Cloud Migrations, Performance Tuning, Data Integrations, AI and Machine Learning, Oracle APEX Development, and technical training.