This document describes the steps to create a physical standby database including: 1. Configuring the primary and standby databases with the same Oracle version and opening the primary in archive log mode. 2. Setting up Oracle Net components and testing connectivity between the databases. 3. Enabling archive logging and log shipping on the primary and duplicating or copying the primary database to the standby. 4. Recovering the standby database and opening it in read-only mode to synchronize the data.