Veritas Storage Foundation™ for Oracle 5.0.1 Graphical User Interface Guide

Using a clone database

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Creating a clone database

■ Removing a clone database

Creating a clone database

Cloning a database enables you to perform operations without affecting your

production database. The Storage Foundation for Oracle GUI provides the Create

Clone Database wizard to enable you to create a clone of your database. Choose

the method to create the clone database:

■ Storage Checkpoint

■ Database FlashSnap

If storage is more important than performance, use Storage Checkpoint to create

a clone database. A clone database created with Storage Checkpoint requires half

as much storage as a clone database created with Database FlashSnap. However,

over a longer period of time, the storage will slowly increase for a clone created

with Storage Checkpoint.

If performance is important, use Database FlashSnap to create a clone database.

A clone database created with Storage Checkpoint will slow the performance of

the database.

Creating a clone database using Checkpoints

Use the Create Clone Database wizard to create a clone of your database using

Storage Checkpoints for optimal storage.

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