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Upgrading from 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. After you have upgraded from Veritas Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle with Database FlashSnap to this release, 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.

   # vxassist [-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 -F

6. See the "Using Database FlashSnap for Backup and Off-Host Processing" chapter of the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle Administrator's Guide for information on how to validate the snapplan.