Database FlashSnap requires sufficient Veritas Volume Manager disk space, and can be used on the same host that the database resides on (the primary host) or on a secondary host.

With Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC, Database FlashSnap can be used on the same cluster that the database resides on.

Setting up a storage configuration for Database FlashSnap operations is a system administrator's responsibility and requires superuser (root) privileges. Database FlashSnap utilities do not address setting up an appropriate storage configuration.