VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Chapter 10, Using Database FlashSnap for Backup and Off-Host Processing
Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am Creating a Snapshot (dbed_vmsnap)
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If -r <relocate_path> is used in dbed_vmclonedb,
make sure <relocate_path> is created and owned by
Oracle DBA. Otherwise, the following mount points
need to be created and owned by Oracle DBA:
/prod_db.
/prod_ar.
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Example
In this example, a snapshot image of the primary database, PROD, is created for a two-host
configuration. In this case, the SECONDARY_HOST parameter specifies a different host name than
the PRIMARY_HOST parameter in the snapplan.
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmsnap -S PROD -f snap2 -o snapshot
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VxDBA repository is up to date.
The database is running in archivelog mode.
A snapshot of ORACLE_SID PROD is in DG SNAP_PRODdg.
Snapplan snap2 is used for the snapshot.
VxDBA repository volume is SNAP_arch.
If -r <relocate_path> is used in dbed_vmclonedb,
make sure <relocate_path> is created and owned by
Oracle DBA. Otherwise, the following mount points
need to be created and owned by Oracle DBA:
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