Cloning an Oracle/DB2/Sybase Database in a SAN Environment Using EVA Snapclone Technology (August 2007)

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ALTER TABLESPACE XDB END BACKUP;
ALTER TABLESPACE USERTS END BACKUP;
Note:
Duplicate the archived redo logfiles, because the archived redo logs are mandatory
for the recovery of the cloned database TEST.
6. Check the status of the archive process and the archive log mode by entering the
following commands:
SQL > SELECT ARCHIVER FROM V$INSTANCE;
ARCHIVE
-------
STARTED
SQL> SELECT LOG_MODE FROM V$DATABASE;
LOG_MODE
----------
ARCHIVELOG
SQL> ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT;
To obtain the most recent DB1 redo log records, archive the unarchived online redo
logs. The LOG CURRENT SQL command archives the most recent online redo logfiles.
Clone the volume containing the archived redo logfiles using the steps illustrated in
the following figure:
Figure 3 - Creation of Clone for Archive Logs
You can clone about 300GB of datafiles and archived redo logfiles within a few