Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Advanced Features Administrator"s Guide (5900-1503, April 2011)

Chapter 13 Online database backup .................................................. 155
About online database backup ....................................................... 155
Making a backup of an online database on the same host ................... 156
Making an off-host backup of an online database ............................. 160
Chapter 14 Off-host cluster file system backup ............................... 167
About off-host cluster file system backup ....................................... 167
Mounting a file system for shared access ........................................ 168
Using off-host processing to back up cluster file systems ................... 169
Reattaching snapshot plexes .................................................. 175
Chapter 15 Decision support ................................................................ 177
About decision support ................................................................ 177
Creating a replica database on the same host ................................... 178
Creating an off-host replica database ............................................. 184
Resynchronizing the data with the primary host ........................ 191
Reattaching snapshot plexes .................................................. 192
Chapter 16 Database recovery ............................................................. 195
About database recovery using Storage Checkpoints ......................... 195
Creating Storage Checkpoints ....................................................... 196
Rolling back a database ............................................................... 197
Chapter 17 Administering volume snapshots ................................... 199
About volume snapshots .............................................................. 199
Traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots .................................. 201
Full-sized instant snapshots ......................................................... 202
Space-optimized instant snapshots ................................................ 204
Emulation of third-mirror break-off snapshots ................................ 205
Linked break-off snapshot volumes ................................................ 205
Cascaded snapshots .................................................................... 207
Creating a snapshot of a snapshot ........................................... 208
Creating multiple snapshots ......................................................... 210
Restoring the original volume from a snapshot ................................ 211
Creating instant snapshots ........................................................... 212
Preparing to create instant and break-off snapshots ................... 214
Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots .......... 218
Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots ................... 221
Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots ............ 223
Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes .......... 226
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