Using DataGuard broker to show apply lag and throughput

To determine how much lag there is I normally run a script similar to this

select sequence#, applied, to_date(to_char(first_time,’DD-MON-YY:HH24:MI:SS’),
‘DD-MON-YY:HH24:MI:SS’) “First Time” ,
to_char(next_time,’DD-MON-YY:HH24:MI:SS’) “Next Time”
from v$archived_log
UNION
select NULL,database_role,NULL, db_unique_name from v$database
order by “First Time”;

However there is another way which I sometime use which actually gives a lot more information. This uses the dataguard broker command line. Use the show configuration parameter to determine database name if you are not sure

DGMGRL> show configuration

Configuration - DR

Protection Mode: MaxPerformance
 Databases:
 xxxxxx2a - Primary database
 xxxxxx2b - Physical standby database

Fast-Start Failover: DISABLED

Configuration Status:
SUCCESS

Show specific database details.

DGMGRL> show database "xxxxxx2b"

Database - xxxxxx2b

Role: PHYSICAL STANDBY
 Intended State: APPLY-ON
 Transport Lag: 4 minutes 24 seconds (computed 6 seconds ago)
 Apply Lag: 5 minutes 16 seconds (computed 0 seconds ago)
 Apply Rate: 191.08 MByte/s
 Real Time Query: ON
 Instance(s):
 xxxxxx2b1 (apply instance)
 xxxxxx2b2
 xxxxxx2b3
 xxxxxx2b4
 xxxxxx2b5
 xxxxxx2b6
 xxxxxx2b7
 xxxxxx2b8

Database Status:
SUCCESS

Lots of good information there including which node is hosting the MRP process and also the apply rate. In our case that is normally between 150 and 400 MB per second.