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

Note: You cannot remove the pre-defined storage classes (PRIMARY, SECONDARY,
and BALANCE).
Before removing a storage class, review the following information:
■ Use the dbdst_admin command as follows:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbdst_admin -S $ORACLE_SID rmclass=classname
For example, to remove a storage class called "SLOW," use the dbdst_admin
command as follows:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbdst_admin -S $ORACLE_SID rmclass=SLOW
Displaying storage classes
You can display a list of SmartTier for Oracle properties and storage classes using
the dbdst_admin command.
Before displaying your storage classes, review the following information:
■ Use the dbdst_admin command as follows:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbdst_admin -S $ORACLE_SID -o list
For example:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbdst_admin -S VRTS11r2 -o list
TSDB Parameters for VRTS11r2
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Maxclass = 4
Minclass = 2
Stat-Interval = 30
Sweep Information = 22HH:0MM, Frequency = 1
Purge Information = 20HH:0MM, Frequency = 1
TSDB Storage Classes for VRTS11r2
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Name = BALANCE : Description = BALANCE Storage Class
Name = PRIMARY : Description = PRIMARY Storage Class
Name = SECONDARY : Description = SECONDARY Storage Class
Name = TIER1 : Description = Fast Storage
Configuring and administering SmartTier
Configuring SmartTier for Oracle
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