VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Chapter 12, Using the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle Graphical User Interface
Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am Overview of GUI Functions
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Overview of GUI Functions
The GUI allows you to perform many storage management tasks for Oracle. This section offers an
overview of those tasks. The tasks that you can perform dynamically from the main menu bar and
pop-up menu depend on what is highlighted on the object tree. For example, if you have the Oracle
database highlighted in the tree, you can open a database instance from the Oracle menu.
Note Some operations require that you must be logged in as root. Please read all “Prerequisites”
and “Usage Notes” before starting a procedure.
GUI functionality includes:
◆ Database operations
You can start, stop, or duplicate a database instance through the GUI.
◆ Storage Checkpoint Management
You can create and roll back to Storage Checkpoints. You can also mount, unmount, and
remove Storage Checkpoints. Storage Checkpoints can be used to clone the database.
◆ Database FlashSnap
Database FlashSnap functionality is available through the GUI. With Database FlashSnap, you
can create online or offline snapshots of your database, which can be used as backups. You can
also use these snapshots to recover your database if it becomes corrupt.
◆ System configuration maintenance
You can convert datafiles to or from Quick I/O files and you can view topology and statistic
information. You can also check and save your system configuration.