VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Examples of Using the Command Line Interface Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am
464 VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle Administrator’s Guide
Creating or Shutting Down a Clone Database Using dbed_vmclonedb
You can use the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle dbed_vmclonedb command to create
or shutdown a clone database on either the primary or secondary host using snapshot volumes from
the primary host.
Prerequisites
◆ You must be logged in as the Oracle database administrator to use dbed_vmclonedb
command.
◆ Before you can use the dbed_vmclonedb command, you must complete the steps in
“Summary of Database Snapshot Steps” on page 216, “Validating a Snapplan
(dbed_vmchecksnap)” on page 229, and “Creating a Snapshot (dbed_vmsnap)” on page 235.
◆ The volume snapshot must contain the entire database.
◆ The system administrator must provide the database administrator with access to the necessary
volumes and mount points.
◆ Before you can use the dbed_vmclonedb command with the -r relocate_path
option (which specifies the initial mount point for the snapshot image), the system
administrator must create the mount point and then change the owner to the Oracle database
administrator.
◆ If SNAPSHOT_MODE is set to offline or instant, a two-host configuration is required
and -r relocate_path is not allowed.
Usage Notes
◆ The dbed_vmclonedb command can be used on the secondary host.
◆ In a single-host configuration, the primary and secondary hosts can be the same.
◆ In a single-host configuration, -r relocate_path is required.
◆ In a two-host configuration, the vxdbavol=vol_name option is required.
◆ Database FlashSnap commands are integrated with Storage Checkpoint functionality. It is
possible to display and mount Storage Checkpoints carried over with snapshot volumes to a
secondary host. However limitations apply. For details, see “Mounting the Snapshot Volumes
and Backing Up” on page 241.
◆ See the dbed_vmclonedb(1M) manual page for more information.