Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1: Storage and Availability Management for Oracle (5900-1504, April 2011)

Optionally, you can use the VxVM command (vxsnap) to create volume snapshots.
However, unlike the Database FlashSnap commands, the vxsnap command does
not automate disk group content reorganization functions.
Figure 10-3 depicts the sequence of steps leading up to taking a snapshot using
Database FlashSnap.
Figure 10-3
Prerequisites for creating a snapshot of your database
Snapshot
Determine your storage configuration
Prepare the volume configuration
Create a default snapplan using the
dbed_vmchecksnap -o setdefaults command
If the default values need to be changed, modify
the snapplan
Validate the snapplan using the
dbed_vmchecksnap -o validate command
If the snapplan is not validated, fix the error, and
validate the snapplan again
Using Database FlashSnap for backup and off-host processing
About creating database snapshots
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