Software Suite for Oracle Instruction Manual

5.4
Managing Virtual Copies
Recovery Manager for Oracle User’s Guide
5.2.2 Creating a Virtual Copy
To create a virtual copy:
1 On the Virtual Copy Management menu screen, select menu option 2, Create
Virtual Copy.
2 When prompted, choose to create a virtual copy for the database (
d) or archive log
destination only(a).
3 If you choose to create a virtual copy for the database, enter
o (online) or f (offline) to
create an online or offline virtual copy.
5.2.3 Removing a Virtual Copy
To remove a virtual copy:
1 On the Virtual Copy Management menu screen, select option 3, Remove Virtual
Copy.
2 On the Remove Virtual Copy menu, select the virtual copy to remove.
◆ The virtual copy removal utility only removes the actual virtual copy. It does not remove
the repository information for restoration purpose, in the case that the virtual copy is
not backed up, the repository will be removed as well.
◆ If the repository still remains and the virtual copy is backed up to media before being
removed, you can still restore to that point-in-time virtual copy from the backup image.
◆ The status of the virtual copy shows Removed after the virtual copy is removed.
NOTE: If Recovery Manager is configured to use RMAN backup, a Recovery
Catalog must have been created and configured prior to creating the virtual copy.
NOTE: If a virtual copy is created offline, the database must be shut down prior to
creating the virtual copy. If you try to create an offline virtual copy with the
database running, you will get an error.