Veritas Database FlashSnap helps to create a point-in-time copy of a database for backup and off-host processing. Database FlashSnap lets you make backup copies of your volumes online and with minimal interruption to users.

Database FlashSnap lets you capture an online image of an actively changing database at a given instant that is known as a snapshot. A snapshot copy of the database is referred to as a database snapshot. You can use a database snapshot on the same host as the production database or on a secondary host sharing the same storage. A database snapshot can be used for off-host processing applications, such as backup, data warehousing, and decision-support queries. When the snapshot is no longer needed, the database administrator can import the original snapshot back to the primary host and resynchronize the snapshot to the original database volumes. Database FlashSnap commands are executed from the command line interface.