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

Deploying Storage

Foundation for Databases

(SFDB) tools in a replicated

environment

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About deploying SF Databases tools with VVR

■ Using ODM, Cached ODM, Quick IO, and Cached IO for the Oracle database in

a VVR environment

■ Using Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools in a VVR environment

■ About deploying Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools with Oracle

Data Guard

About deploying SF Databases tools with VVR

Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) extends the strengths of the Storage

Foundation Enterprise products with database-specific enhancements to offer

performance, availability, and manageability for Oracle database servers. SFDB

tools provide the means for:

■ Enhanced IO methods such as Quick IO, Cached Quick IO, ODM, and Cached

ODM, which enhance database performance

■ Taking point-in-time copies filesystem checkpoints and Volume Snapshots

■ Creating a clone database from volume snapshots

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