Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0 Graphical User Interface Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

■ The interval, in minutes, between sampling points. You can enter a value
from 0 to 9999.
The Total Sampling Period (in hours) displays the time used to perform the
sampling of the data.
The Display accumulated data checkbox is checked by default.
The Time Elapsed (in minutes) displays the amount of time it took to sample
the data. The progress status bar displays the percentage of sampling that is
being completed.
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After successful completion, a Confirmation dialog is displayed, indicating
that the data was successfully collected for the specified time. Click OK, to
continue.
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When you are finished, click Close.
Determining the datafile file type
You can view the datafile properties to determine if the datafile is a Quick I/O file,
an Oracle Disk Manager file, or a regular VxFS file.
To determine the datafile file type
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Access the wizard for this task.
See “Accessing system maintenance tasks in the Java GUI” on page 32.
See “Accessing system maintenance tasks in the Web GUI” on page 36.
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Click OK when you have finished viewing the datafile properties.
Converting regular datafiles to Quick I/O Files
VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle provides an option to convert your regular
datafiles to Quick I/O files to improve performance.
Files you want to convert must be regular
datafiles on VxFS file systems or links that
point to regular VxFS files.
Prerequisites
Converting existing datafiles to be Quick I/O
files may not be the optimal thing to do if
these files are fragmented.
Usage notes
Note: Quick I/O is not supported on Linux.
Maintaining your system configuration
Determining the datafile file type
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