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Upgrading from Veritas Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle
with Database FlashSnap

In this release of Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle, Database FlashSnap does not support snapshots of vxdbavol and ORACLE_HOME. If you have upgraded from Veritas Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle with Database FlashSnap, you must remove the volume plexes for vxdbavol and ORACLE_HOME, and revalidate the snapplan before using Database FlashSnap with this release of Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle.

 To remove the volume plexes for vxdbavol and ORACLE_HOME

1. As root, snapback the snapshot plexes.

   # vxsnap [-g diskgroup] snapback snapvol

2. Turn off FastResync.

   # vxvol [-g diskgroup] set fastresync=off volume

3. Remove the DCO object.

   # vxassist [-g diskgroup] remove log volume logtype=dco

4. Remove the volume plexes for vxdbavol and ORACLE_HOME.

   # vxplex -g diskgroup -o rm dis plex_name

5. Log in as the DBA user and revalidate your snapplan.

   $ /opt/VRTS/bin/dbed_vmchecksnap -S ORACLE_SID -H ORACLE_HOME \

   -f SNAPPLAN -o validate