VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Starting an Oracle Snapshot Database Instance Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am

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Starting an Oracle Snapshot Database Instance

If you created a snapshot using the Database FlashSnap feature, you can start an Oracle snapshot

database instance from the secondary host via the GUI. This is the equivalent of cloning the

database from the primary host. You must know the UNIX user name and password of the database

owner and there must be an existing snapshot.

For more information on the Database FlashSnap feature within the GUI, see “Managing Snapshots

with Database FlashSnap” on page 307.

Prerequisites

◆ Make sure you have enough space to create a clone database on your system.

◆ You must have an existing snapshot.

▼ To start an Oracle snapshot database instance

1. Click the Oracle Databases icon in the object tree. (You may need to expand the tree view to

find the icon.)

2. Select one of the following methods to start the snapshot database.

◆ From the menu bar, select Oracle > Start Up Snapshot Database.

◆ Right click the Oracle Databases icon to bring up a pop-up menu. Then click Start Up

Snapshot Database.

The Start Up Snapshot Database wizard screen is then displayed.

3. In the “connect as” section, enter the local Oracle home information. Then, enter your UNIX

user name and password.

4. For the primary database information section, enter the Oracle SID information.

5. Select whether you are creating the database or restarting the database by clicking the

appropriate radio button.

Select “Startup database” if you are starting a new snapshot database based on a snapshot.

Select “Restart database” if you are restarting a snapshot database that has already been

created.

6. For the snapshot database information section, enter the new Oracle SID, Snapplan file,

VxDBA volume name, Snapshot disk group name, and Relocate path in the appropriate fields.