Veritas Storage Foundation™ for Oracle 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide

Figure 13-4
Database FlashSnap process
Create the snapshot volumes
(dbed_vmsnap -o
snapshot)
Use the clone on
a secondary host?
Choose to:
(1) mount the snapshot volumes,
(2) clone the database automatically, or
(3) clone manually
Update the status after the clone
has been recovered manually
(dbed_vmclonedb
-o update_status)
Shut down the database and
unmount the snapshot volumes
(dbed_vmclonedb
-o umount)
Restart the clone
database
(dbed_vmclonedb
-o restartdb)
The snapshot disk group
will be imported
Are you done
with the snapshot?
Deport the
snapshot
disk group
Abort reverse resynchronization
(dbed_vmsnap
-o
reverse_resync_abort)
Resynchronize. Reattach
snapshot volumes
(dbed_vmsnap -o resync)
Do you want to clone
the database?
No
Yes
Resynchronize the
snapshot volumes?
(1) (2) (3)
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
SNAPSHOT
Are you done with
the snapshot?
No
Is the clone on
a secondary host?
No
Yes
Mount the snapshot volumes
(dbed_vmclonedb
-o mount)
Mount the snapshot volumes
and create the clone
automatically
(dbed_vmclonedb
-o recoverdb)
Mount the snapshot volumes
and create the clone manually
(dbed_vmclonedb
-o mountdb)
Begin reverse
resynchornization
(dbed_vmsnap -o
reverse_resync_begin)
Commit the reverse
resynchronization changes?
Yes
Commit reverse
resynchronization changes
(dbed_vmsnap -o
reverse_resync_commit)
Yes
Creating a snapplan (dbed_vmchecksnap)
The dbed_vmchecksnap command creates a snapplan that dbed_vmsnap uses to
create a snapshot of an Oracle database. The snapplan specifies snapshot scenarios
(such as online, offline, or instant ).
253Using Database FlashSnap for backup and off-host processing
Creating a snapplan (dbed_vmchecksnap)