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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:

/etc/3par/solutions/<primary_host>.ora.<oracle_sid>/config

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.

/etc/3par/solutions/<primary_host>.ora.<oracle_sid>/config_exp.sh

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.

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