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Creating Storage Checkpoints using dbed_ckptcreate

You can use the dbed_ckptcreate command to create a Storage Checkpoint from the command line.

Storage Checkpoints can be either online, offline, or instant. By default, Storage Checkpoints are offline. If online is specified, the database is put into hot-backup mode when the Storage Checkpoint is created. If offline is specified, the database is expected to be down. If instant is specified, the database must be online and a Storage Checkpoint will be taken for a "crash recovery"-type Storage Rollback.

Before creating a Storage Checkpoint, the following conditions must be met:

Prerequisites 

  • You must be logged on as the database administrator (typically, the user ID oracle).
  • For best recoverability, always keep ARCHIVELOG mode enabled when you create Storage Checkpoints.

Usage notes 

  • dbed_ckptcreate stores Storage Checkpoint information under the following directory:

    /etc/vx/vxdbed/$ORACLE_SID/checkpoint_dir

  • See the dbed_ckptcreate(1M) manual page for more information.

 To create Storage Checkpoints while the database is online

 To create Storage Checkpoints without updating the repository while the database is online

 To create Storage Checkpoints while the database is offline

 To create an instant Storage Checkpoints

 To assign a Storage Checkpoint allocation policy to a Storage Checkpoint