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

■ You must be logged on as the database administrator (typically,
the user ID oracle).
■ For best recoverability, always keep ARCHIVELOG mode enabled
when you create Storage Checkpoints.
Prerequisites
■ dbed_ckptcreate stores Storage Checkpoint information in the
SFDB repository.
■ See the dbed_ckptcreate(1M) manual page for more information.
Usage notes
To create Storage Checkpoints while the database is online
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Use the dbed_ckptcreate command as follows:
$/opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_ckptcreate -S PROD \
-H /oracle/product/ORA_HOME -o online
Storage Checkpoint Checkpoint_971672043 created.
To create Storage Checkpoints without updating the repository while the database
is online
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Use the dbed_ckptcreate command as follows:
$/opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_ckptcreate -S PROD \
-H /oracle/product/ORA_HOME -o online -n
Storage Checkpoint Checkpoint_971672046 created.
To create Storage Checkpoints while the database is offline
◆
Use the dbed_ckptcreate command as follows:
$/opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_ckptcreate -S PROD \
-H /oracle/product/ORA_HOME -o offline
Storage Checkpoint Checkpoint_971672049 created.
Note: The default option is offline.
Note: Instant Storage Checkpoints are not supported on Oracle RAC.
213Using Database Storage Checkpoints and Storage Rollback
Database Storage Checkpoint Commands