Software Suite for Oracle Instruction Manual

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Command
Recovery Manager for Oracle User’s Guide
be put into backup mode before virtual copies of the data file virtual volumes are created.
All tablespaces (or database) will then be taken out of backup mode. A log switching will
be performed before virtual copies of archive log virtual volumes are created. If the
online, offline, datafile, or archonly options are not specified, an online virtual
copy will be created by default.
■ -o hotbkup - This option is the same as the -o online option and is deprecated. This
option will be removed in a future release.
■ -o offline - Creates an offline virtual copy of an Oracle database while it is CLOSED
(offline). The specified database instances must be CLOSED. If the database is an RAC
database, all RAC instances must be CLOSED. For this option, only virtual copies of datafile
virtual volumes are created.
■ -o coldbkup - This option is the same as the -o offline option and is deprecated. This
option will be removed in a future release.
■ -o datafile - Creates a virtual copy for all datafiles of an Oracle database. The specified
Oracle database instance must be OPEN. If the database is an RAC database the other
database instances can be either OPEN or CLOSED. All tablespaces (or database) are put
into backup mode before virtual copies of the data file virtual volumes are created. All
tablespaces (or database) are then taken out of backup mode. A log switching is performed
before and after the virtual copy is taken.
■ -o archonly - Creates a virtual copy of archive log destination only. The specified
database instance must be OPEN. If the database is an RAC database, other RAC instances
can be either OPEN or CLOSED. A log switching is performed before virtual copies of
archive log virtual volumes are created.
■ -v - Runs the command in verbose mode to display useful messages.