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

Table 1-1
Veritas Storage Foundation database management features
(continued)
UsesFeature
■ To create an online point-in-time image of a database
in an Oracle environment, use the Storage Foundation
Database Flashsnap feature.
■ To resynchronize an online point-in-time image of a
database in an Oracle environment, use the Storage
Foundation Database Flashsnap feature.
■ To reverse resynchronize an online point-in-time image
of a database in an Oracle environment, use the Storage
Foundation Database Flashsnap feature.
■ To create a mountable point-in-time image of a file
system in an Oracle environment, use the Veritas File
System Storage Checkpoints feature.
■ To use point-in-time copies to make a STANDBY
database for troubleshooting, reporting, and quality
assurance for databases, use the cloning commands for
Database Storage Checkpoints or Database FlashSnap.
Point-in-time copy features
enable you to capture an
instantaneous image of
actively changing data:
■ Database FlashSnap
■ Database Storage
Checkpoints
■ To monitor file access patterns for your Oracle database
and manage the movement of files across storage tiers
to optimize storage utilization, use SmartTier at the
file level.
■ To monitor file access patterns for your Oracle database
and manage the movement of database objects across
storage tiers to optimize storage utilization, use
SmartTier at the file level.
SmartTier for Oracle enables
you to manage the growth of
your Oracle database. more
efficiently
■ To migrate from HP-UX Logical Volume Manager to
Veritas Volume Manager, use the Veritas Volume
Manager utilities for offline migration.
■ To migrate an Oracle database between systems that
are running the different operating system, use Portable
Data Containers, also known as Cross-Platform Data
Sharing (CDS)
Data sharing options to enable
you to migrate data:
■ Offline migration tools
See the Veritas Storage
Foundation Advanced
Features Guide
■ Portable Data Containers
(PDCs)
■ To view Veritas File System properties, Veritas Volume
Manager volume and LUN information for database
objects such as tablespace, redo logs, controlfile,
datafiles and others through the Oracle Enterprise
Manager (OEM) interface, use the Symantec Storage
Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).
A Veritas Storage Foundation
plug-in for Oracle Enterprise
Manager (OEM) enables you
to view storage properties for
your database objects.
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