Veritas Storage Foundation™ for Oracle 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide

To copy a snapplan from the repository to your current directory
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If you want to create a snapplan similar to an existing snapplan, you can
simply create a copy of the existing snapplan and modify it. To copy a
snapplan from the repository to your current directory, the snapplan must
not already be present in the current directory.
Use the dbed_vmchecksnap command as follows:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S ORACLE_SID \
-f SNAPPLAN -o copy
This example shows the snapplan, snap1, being copied from the repository
to the current directory.
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S PROD -f snap1 -o copy
Copying 'snap1' to '/export/snap_dir'
To remove a snapplan from the repository
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A snapplan can be removed from a local directory or the repository if the
snapplan is no longer needed.
Use the dbed_vmchecksnap command as follows:
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S ORACLE_SID -f SNAPPLAN \
-o remove
This example shows the snapplan, snap1, being removed from the repository.
$ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S PROD -f snap1 -o remove
The snapplan snap1 has been removed.
Creating a snapshot (dbed_vmsnap)
The dbed_vmsnap command creates a snapshot of an Oracle database by splitting
the mirror volumes used by the database into a snapshot database. In standalone
(that is, non-RAC) configurations, you can use the snapshot image on either the
same host as the database or on a secondary host provided storage is shared by
the two hosts.
The snapshot image created by dbed_vmsnap is a frozen image of an Oracle
datafiles. dbed_vmsnapensures that a backup control file is created when the
snapshot database is created, which allows for complete data recovery, if needed.
Before creating a snapshot, make the sure the following conditions are met:
Using Database FlashSnap for backup and off-host processing
Creating a snapshot (dbed_vmsnap)
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