Re: VMWARE Snapshots to backup Oracle
From: Scott Sibert <ssibert_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:56:15 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTikNyeKZ02dNzG6oXh3mgMp_ccXlX1NxpGYoAuQs_at_mail.gmail.com>
Instead of a VMware "snapshot" you could "clone" the VM which makes a complete and separate (not relying on the "live" original disk files) copy of everything. You'd have the same issues at the Oracle level as you would with a snapshot but this would be a complete separate copy that you could do whatever you wanted with. (To clone, VMware uses the snapshot mechanism to keep the original files static while it copies them, and when the copy is done it automatically applies the transactions to the original disk files, removing the snapshot files.)
--Scott
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:56:15 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTikNyeKZ02dNzG6oXh3mgMp_ccXlX1NxpGYoAuQs_at_mail.gmail.com>
Instead of a VMware "snapshot" you could "clone" the VM which makes a complete and separate (not relying on the "live" original disk files) copy of everything. You'd have the same issues at the Oracle level as you would with a snapshot but this would be a complete separate copy that you could do whatever you wanted with. (To clone, VMware uses the snapshot mechanism to keep the original files static while it copies them, and when the copy is done it automatically applies the transactions to the original disk files, removing the snapshot files.)
--Scott
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Received on Wed Jul 07 2010 - 09:56:15 CDT