The SFDB tools functionality is extended to support standby databases in an Oracle Data Guard environment.
Oracle Data Guard terminology:
Primary Database: Also referred to as 'Production Database', this database is accessed by most of the user applications.
Standby Database: A standby database is a transactionally consistent copy of the primary database.
Data Guard Configuration: A Data Guard configuration consists of one production database and one or more standby databases.
Physical Standby Database: A physically identical copy of the primary database, with on disk database structures that are identical to the primary database on a block-for-block basis.
You can run the following commands on a physical standby database: