Re: Cluster Data On Tap (CDOT)

Just adding 0.02. :)
Remember to keep archivelogs from the begin and end backup period, you'll need them to recover when you restore your database.

*Kind regards / Cordialmente / Saludos cordiales / Sincères amitiés / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Cordiali saluti,*

Franky Weber Faust
Oracle DBA
Skype: franky.faust

2017-12-05 5:12 GMT-02:00 Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>:

> Hi
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> You run
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> 1. alter database begin backup
> 2. storage snapshot
> 3. alter database end backup
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> so it is a consistent, recoverable backup
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> Thanks
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> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 1:44 AM, Gus Spier <gus.spier_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am studying up on CDOT, which appears to me to be NetApp's answer to
>> virtualization. While I work through the documentation, I am ensorcelled by
>> the concept of database recovery by means of snapshots.
>>
>> I have never had the opportunity to try to restore/recover a database
>> with a snapshot. To me, it sounds like the efforts of a system
>> administrator who tried to restore and recover a production database with
>> operating system copies of the open data files. Of course, that didn't work
>> and much hilarity and mayhem ensured.
>>
>> I'm sure that people smarter than me have figured out how to use
>> snapshots to recover databases, but I've never been able to reason my way
>> through the process. Does anybody know how it is accomplished?
>>
>> Fond regards,
>>
>> Gus
>>
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