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

To set up the SFDB repository
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As Oracle DBA user, run the following to create or update the SFDB repository
for the database.
$ dbed_update -S $ORACLE_SID -H $ORACLE_HOME
About upgrading Storage Foundation for Databases
(SFDB) tools
If you are upgrading from 5.1, there are no issues. Follow the normal upgrade
procedures for your Storage Foundation Enterprise product.
If you are currently using a 5.0.x or earlier version of a Storage Foundation
database product, you must upgrade the repository database to continue using
these tools with your current Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Enterprise product.
Upgrade tasks for Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Enterprise products which include
the Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools:
■ Storage Foundation and Storage Foundation HA
■ No upgrade steps are required.
■ The Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools for Oracle are a feature
for 5.1 SP1.
If you want to use the Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools, you
can set up the repository database after upgrading Storage Foundation or
Storage Foundation HA.
See “Configuring the Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) repository”
on page 40.
■ Storage Foundation Cluster File System and Storage Foundation Cluster File
System HA
■ No upgrade steps are required.
■ The Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools for Oracle are a feature
for 5.1 SP1.
If you want to use the Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools for
Oracle, you can set up the repository database after upgrading Storage
Foundation Cluster File System and Storage Foundation Cluster File System
HA.
See “Configuring the Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) repository”
on page 40.
■ Storage Foundation for Oracle and Storage Foundation for Oracle HA:
45Administering Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools
About upgrading Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools