VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Creating Clone Database Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am
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11. Click OK to continue. You can now use the snapshot as a database backup.
Note You will need this information when you start your snapshot database.
12. The Startup Snapshot Database dialog is displayed. In the “connect as” section, confirm the
local host name and enter the Oracle home information. Then, enter your UNIX user name and
password.
Caution Make sure that the VEA service is running on the secondary host. Also, make sure
that the database owner of the secondary host is registered on the VEA Service Console
Registry. See “Adding Users to the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service
Console Registry” on page 271 and “Starting the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator
Service” on page 273 for further details.
13. For the primary database information section, confirm the Oracle SID. It is a read-only field.
14. 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.
15. For the snapshot database information section, verify the snapplan file, VxDBA volume name,
and Snapshot disk group name. These are read-only fields. Enter the new Oracle SID and
Relocate path in the appropriate fields.
Note To start an on-host snapshot database, the Relocate path is required. Make sure the
Relocate path has the database owner’s permission.
16. Click Create Clone Database. If the snapshot database was successfully started, you will
receive a confirmation message. Click OK to continue.
Creating a Clone Database with an Existing Snapplan
▼ To create a Clone Database with an existing Snapplan
Select Existing Snapplan. You are required to select a snapplan from the drop-down list. The
snapplan displays its status, for example, sp00 [init_db] /ora_home/snapplan/sp00,
where
INIT_DB is the status of the snapplan.
◆ If you select a snapplan with INIT_DB status, the Validate/Modify Snapplan dialog is
displayed. Follow the steps from step 4 on page 284 in the “Creating a Clone Database with a
new snapplan” on page 284 section.