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NAME

qio_getdbfiles - Retrieve database files for Quick I/O conversion

SYNOPSIS

For Oracle: qio_getdbfiles [ -T database_type ] [ -a ] [ -t regular|qio ] [ -h ]

For DB2: qio_getdbfiles [ -T database_type ] [ -d directory ] [ -h ]

For Sybase: qio_getdbfiles [ -T database_type ] [ -d database_name | -m masterdevice_path ] [ -h ]

AVAILABILITY

This command is part of Veritas Storage Foundation for Databases.

To determine whether Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle is installed on an 1 system, enter:

lslpp -L VRTSdbed

To determine whether Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 is installed on an 1 system, enter:

lslpp -L VRTSdb2ed

DESCRIPTION

You can use the qio_getdbfiles command to retrieve database files for Quick I/O conversion. To convert database files from regular file to Quick I/O file, use qio_convertdbfiles command. These two commands are for use with files in VxFS file systems only. Based on the database type that user provides, the database-specific version of the command will be invoked.

Note: Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 on 1 does not support converting existing DB2 containers or VxFS files to or from Quick I/O due to a DB2 limitation.

The qio_getdbfiles command is available in the /opt/VRTSdbed/bin directory for Oracle; the /opt/VRTSdb2ed/bin directory for DB2; and the /opt/VRTSsybed/bin directory for Sybase.

To use this command for Oracle, the ORACLE_SID environment variable must be set.

To use this command for DB2, the DB2DATABASE environment variable must be set. If DB2INSTANCE is not set, the script will assume the current user ID is DB2INSTANCE.

To use this command for Sybase, the SYBASE and DSQUERY environment variables must be set.

While the database instance is up and running, run the qio_getdbfiles command to get a list of files used by the database. This command stores the file names and sizes in bytes in a file called mkqio.dat. The files listed in mkqio.dat are converted to Quick I/O by the qio_convertdbfiles command. If the database you want to gather this information about is not up and running, you can manually create the mkqio.dat file. The format of this file is a list of paired file paths and file sizes. For example:


/database/dbfile.001 1024000
/database/dbfile.002 2048000

After running the qio_getdbfiles command, shut down the database and run the qio_convertdbfiles command to convert the list of file names in the mkqio.dat file to Quick I/O files. For more information, see the qio_convertdbfiles(1M) man page.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported by qio_getdbfiles:

-T database_type: This option forces behavior for a specific database vendor. The database options that are currently supported are ora, syb, and db2. Use this option in environments where the database to perform operations on is ambiguous. qio_getdbfiles and qio_convertdbfiles resolve ambiguity by examining the environment and searching for variable settings that are a prerequisite for using one or more database vendors' products.

For Oracle:

-a: Includes all datafiles. By default, any database files that the qio_getdbfiles command identifies as potential sparse files are excluded. This option should be used for debugging only, since sparse database files are not candidates for use with the Quick I/O driver.
-t regular|qio: If regular is specified, only retrieve regular files of vxfs type. If \qio is specified, only retrieve Quick I/O files.
-h: Shows command usage.

For DB2:

-d directory: Create the mkqio.dat file in the specified directory instead of the current directory. By default, the mkqio.dat file is created in the current directory.
-h: Shows command usage.

For Sybase:

-d database_name: Includes files used by database devices. By default, all database device files that are part of the ASE server are included. Only Sybase database device files with the dsync flag set to true will be converted to Quick I/O.
-m masterdevice_path: Specifies the full pathname of the master device for the Sybase ASE server. In the Sybase ASE server, the master device physical pathname is stored as d_master in the catalog. qio_getdbfiles will attempt to obtain the master device's pathname from the default Sybase startup file $SYBASE/ASE-12_0/install/RUN_servername. If, however, you do not use the standard startup file or the startup file is out of date, qio_getdbfiles can put the wrong master device pathname in the mkqio.dat file. You can use the -m flag to pass in the correct master device path in such a situation.
-h: Shows command usage.
.SH USAGE: You must be logged in as the Database Administrator to run qio_getdbfiles. The qio_getdbfiles command queries the database to gather a list of datafiles to be converted, which requires direct access to the database.

For Sybase, qio_getdbfiles connects to the Sybase ASE server via a Sybase sa account. It is important to protect the sa password so that it is not visible to other users. By default, qio_getdbfiles will ask users to type in the Sybase sa password. The Sybase tools used in the command will receive the password without displaying it on the screen. To run qio_getdbfiles in a non-interactive mode, you can create a file /opt/VRTSsybed/.private/sa_password_dataserver_name, which contains the Sybase sa password for the corresponding ASE server. dataserver_name is the content of the DSQUERY variable set by the user. Only the Sybase DBA user should have access to the .private directory and sa_password_dataserver_name file. If the sa_password_dataserver_name file is present, qio_getdbfiles will read the Sybase sa password from the file and run in non-interactive mode.

EXAMPLE

This example shows the procedure for converting the files in a database to Quick I/O files.

Get information about the file:


$ /opt/VRTSdbed/bin/qio_getdbfiles
$ cat mkqio.dat
/database/dbfile  104800000

Note: For Oracle, use VRTSdbed in the command path; for DB2, use VRTSdb2ed; and for Sybase, use VRTSsybed.

Shut down the database and convert the file to Quick I/O:


$ /opt/VRTSdbed/bin/qio_convertdbfiles

$ ls -alL d* .d*
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin dbgrp 104857600 May 2 13:42 .dbfile
crw-r--r-- 1 admin dbgrp 45, 1 May 3 12:18 dbfile

$ ls -al d* .d*
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin dbgrp 104857600 May 2 13:42 .dbfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin dbgrp 17 May 3 12:18 dbfile -> .dbfile::cdev:vxfs:

The qio_convertdbfiles command renames the file dbfile to .dbfile and creates a symbolic link to .dbfile with the Quick I/O extension. By default, the symbolic link uses a relative path name.

Start up the database.

Note: If the server is up and running, you will receive an error message stating that you need to shut it down before you can run the qio_convertdbfiles command.