To prepare the example Oracle database configuration for migrating with Portable Data Containers

1. Create veritas disk group with CDC=on and filesystem mount points for Oracle database.

   #  vxdg init datadg5001 cds=on disk1 disk2
   #  vxdg list 
   
   NAME         STATE           ID
   datadg5001   enabled,cds          1251278348.47.punlabsm5001  \
   ============> Verify CDS is on
   
   #  vxdg list datadg5001|grep cds
   flags:     cds

2. Create Oracle database with 1K Tablespaces and ODM.

3. Populate the database using BMF/SwingBench or local data generation script up to 2 TB

4. Run DBV for finding corruption and validate all views using utlrp.sql

5. Determine the source and target platform endianess and whether the database can be transported to a desired destination platform.

   SQL> select d.platform_name, endian_format
     2  from v$transportable_platform tp, v$database d
     3  where tp.platform_name = d.platform_name;
   
   PLATFORM_NAME                            ENDIAN_FORMAT
   ---------------------------------------- 		--------------
   Solaris[tm] OE (64-bit)               	Big
   
   SQL> select * from v$transportable_platform order by 1;

   PLATFORM_ID PLATFORM_NAME                            ENDIAN_FORMAT
   ----------- ---------------------------------------- --------------
             1 	Solaris[tm] OE (32-bit)                 	Big
             2 	Solaris[tm] OE (64-bit)                 	Big                                
   

   ==========================> Source Platform
             3 	HP-UX (64-bit)                          	Big
             4 	HP-UX IA (64-bit)                        Big
             5 	HP Tru64 UNIX                           	Little
             6 	AIX-Based Systems (64-bit)              	Big                                
   

   ==========================> Target Platform
             7 	Microsoft Windows IA (32-bit)            Little
             8 	Microsoft Windows IA (64-bit)           	Little
             9 	IBM zSeries Based Linux                  Big
            10 	Linux IA (32-bit)                       	Little
            11 	Linux IA (64-bit)                       	Little
            12 	Microsoft Windows x86 64-bit            	Little
            13 	Linux x86 64-bit                        	Little
            15 	HP Open VMS                             	Little
            16 	Apple Mac OS                            	Big
            17 	Solaris Operating System (x86)          	Little
            18 	IBM Power Based Linux                   	Big
            19 	HP IA Open VMS                          	Little
            20 	Solaris Operating System (x86-64)       	Little

   19 rows selected.

   Use DBMS_TDB.CHECK_DB to check whether the database can be transported to a desired destination platform, and whether the current state of the database (such as incorrect compatibility settings, in-doubt or active transactions) permits transport.

   SQL> set serveroutput on
   
   SQL> declare
     2  db_ready boolean;
     3  begin
     4  db_ready := dbms_tdb.check_db(' AIX-Based Systems (64-bit)');
     5  end;
     6  /
   
   PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
   

   Since the endian format for both Solaris and AIX is same, that is big endian format, an endianess conversion is not required.

6. Checking a VxFS filesystem for conversion using fscdctask or fscdsadm on source platform.

   # fscdsadm -o add -t os_name=AIX /data10r2
   UX:fscdsadm -o add -t os_name=AIX /data10r2UX:vxfs fscdsadm: 
   INFO: V-3-25985: 
   The following configuration has been added to the target list:
   Operating system          : AIX
   Operating system version  : any
   Architecture              : any
   VxFS version              : any
   Bits                      : any
   

   # fscdsadm -o add -t os_name=AIX /arch10r2
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-25985: The following configuration has 
   been added to the target list:
   Operating system          : AIX
   Operating system version  : any
   Architecture              : any
   VxFS version              : any
   Bits                      : any
   

   # fscdstask validate AIX /data10r2
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26125: Validation results for: 
   Operating system          : AIX
   Operating system version  : any
   Architecture              : any
   VxFS version              : any
   Bits                      : any
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26130: There are no files violating 
   the CDS limits for this target. 
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26042: The filesystem does not need to 
   be byteswapped for use on this target.
   

   # fscdstask validate AIX /arch10r2 
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26125: Validation results for: 
   Operating system          : AIX
   Operating system version  : any
   Architecture              : any
   VxFS version              : any
   Bits                      : any
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26130: There are no files violating 
   the CDS limits for this target.
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26042: The filesystem does not need to 
   be byteswapped for use on this 
   target.
   

   # fscdsadm -l enforce /data10r2
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26014: The CDS limits were successfully 
   enforced on the filesystem.
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26010: There are no files that violate 
   the CDS limits for the targets 
   in the target list of /data10r2.
   

   # fscdsadm -l enforce /arch10r2 
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26014: The CDS limits were successfully 
   enforced on the filesystem.
   UX:vxfs fscdsadm: INFO: V-3-26010: There are no files that violate 
   the CDS limits for the targets in the target list of /arch10r2