Software Suite for Oracle Instruction Manual

2.7
Recovery Manager Utilities
Recovery Manager for Oracle User’s Guide
2.6 Recovery Manager Utilities
Read this section for general information regarding 3PAR Recovery Manager utilities available
through the Recovery Manager command line interface, menu driven application, and
graphical user interface.
2.6.1 The Database Configuration Utility
3PAR Recovery Manager’s database configuration utility (vcdba_config) creates a Recovery
Manager configuration file for each database instance. All operations that are available from
Recovery Manager require this configuration file. After the Recovery Manager configuration
file is created for a database instance, it is stored at:
An equivalent environment file is also created for each configuration file. It contains all
configuration options that are specified in the configuration file. Recovery Manager uses the
environment file for its operations. The environment file is also stored at the same location as
the configuration file.
If a configuration file of a database instance exists, it is overwritten. The permission of the
configuration file is set to the user that created the file.
2.6.2 The Virtual Copy Creation Utility
3PAR Recovery Manager’s create utility creates an online, offline, datafile, or archive log virtual
copy of an Oracle database (
vcdba_create command).
■ online or offline virtual copy - A point-in-time snapshot image of a database while it is
OPEN (online) or CLOSED (offline).
■ archive log virtual copy - A snapshot image of the archive log destination of a database
while it is online (OPEN).
■ datafile virtual copy - A point-in-time snapshot image of the datafiles of a database while
the it is online (OPEN). A datafile virtual copy alone cannot be used for recovery without
the archive logs generated up to the point when the virtual copy is taken. It is assumed that
the user is responsible for making sure all required archive logs exist.
/etc/3par/solutions/<primary_host>.ora.<oracle_sid>/config
/etc/3par/solutions/<primary_host>.ora.<oracle_sid>/config_exp.sh