Veritas Hardware Cluster and Oracle Data Guard

Hi,
Actually we use Veritas Cluster Server for our Database Configuration. So we have a hardware standby cluster. In case of a failure the VCS does a failover, as you know ;-)
But now we are planning to use DataGuard for having a logical standby database for reporting cases. I just read something about a VERITAS CLUSTER SERVER AGENT for DataGuard.
What do I have to do (is there a possibility without using the Veritas Agent) for having a standby failover solution with Veritas and also a DataGuard Configuration.
What is going to happen if the Cluster does a failover? Will the Data Guard configuration be alive or is it going to break?
Please give me some advice. Maybe you have some links for articles that handle this topic.
Thank you very much in advance,
Henrik Ruenger

In terms of feasibility, yes, you can definitely have a database running on a Veritas Cluster Server and (at the same time) a Data Guard physical standby database.
If you are mentioning "VERITAS CLUSTER SERVER AGENT for DataGuard" by Symantec, I don't know the product in details.
What I can say is that you are definitely able to monitor and administer an Oracle Data Guard configuration by using just products that come with the Oracle licence.
In case of a failover, as long as your Oracle Net setup is resilient to the failover, Data Guard is as well. So, the short answer is: no it is not going to break.
I have setup this architecture several times with no problem.
Of course this is just high level.
Please let me know if you need more high level info.
Thanks and regards,
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