Fast-start failover enables automatic failovers in Oracle Data Guard environments without data loss or DBA intervention. When enabled, the Data Guard broker determines if a failover is needed and automatically initiates the failover to a pre-specified standby database. Expanded Enterprise Manager monitoring features allow monitoring of cluster interconnects, improving scalability, viewing backup reports for groups of databases, and identifying cache performance trends. The Server Control Utility has been enhanced to support management of services and Automatic Storage Management instances within Oracle Real Application Clusters environments.