Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 for Oracle RAC Configuration Guide Extracts for HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite, Second Edition, May 2008

Using FlashSnap for Backup and Recovery
Displaying, Copying, and Removing a Snapplan (dbed_vmchecksnap)
Chapter 5
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Displaying, Copying, and Removing a Snapplan
(dbed_vmchecksnap)
Consider these notes before listing all snapplans for a specific Oracle database,
displaying a snapplan file, or copying and removing snapplans.
Displaying a Snapplan
You can use the dbed_vmchecksnap command to list all available snapplans, and then
use the dbed_vmchecksnap command to display detailed information for a particular
snapplan.
To list all available snapplans for a specific Oracle database
•Use the dbed_vmchecksnap command as follows:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S ORACLE_SID -o list
In the following example, all available snapplans are listed for the database PROD.
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S PROD -o list
The following snapplan(s) are available for PROD:
SNAP_PLAN SNAP_STATUS DB_STATUSSNAP_READY
snap1init_fullinityes
snap2init_fullinityes
NOTE The command output displays all available snapplans, their snapshot status
(SNAP_STATUS), database status (DB_STATUS), and whether a snapshot may be taken
(SNAP_READY).
For Database FlashSnap status information, see the Veritas Storage Foundation for
Oracle Administrator’s Guide.
To display detailed information for a snapplan
•Use the dbed_vmchecksnap command as follows:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S \
ORACLE_SID -f SNAPPLAN -o list
In the following example, the snapplan snap1 is displayed.
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S PROD -f snap1 -o list
SNAPSHOT_VERSION=5.0
Table 5-6 Check Snapplan Notes
Usage Notes • If the local snapplan is updated or modified, you must
revalidate it.
• If the database schema or disk group is modified, you must
revalidate it after running dbed_update.