HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle - Manual (Page 131)

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Recovery Manager 3.0.3/3.0.4 for Oracle User’s Guide
-v
Runs the command in verbose mode to display useful messages.
-f
Force to create a database virtual copy with a retention time. If retention time is specified
either through the Recovery Manager configuration file or through the -r option, this
option must be specified.
-r <time>{d|D|h|H}
Specifies the amount of time, relative to the current time, that the virtual copy will be
retained. If the -r option is not specified, the virtual copy’s retention time is default to the
value set in the configuration file. <time> is a positive integer value and in the range of 0
hour - 43800 hours (1825 days). d|D means days. h|H means hours. A value of 0
indicating that the virtual copy will have no retention time.
NOTE: If the database volumes do not belong to any domain, then the read-only
virtual copy's retention time cannot exceed the value of the system's
VVRetentionTimeMax . The default value for the system's
VVRetentionTimeMax is 14 days. If the database volumes belong to a domain,
then the read-only virtual copy's retention time cannot exceed the value of the
domain's VVRetentionTimeMax , if set. The retention time cannot be removed
or reduced once it is set. The retention time can be extended by vcdba_set
command.
This option requires the 3PAR Virtual Lock license. Contact your 3PAR Authorized
Service Provider for additional information.
NOTE: InForm CLI command showsys -param and showdomain -d can be used
to check the value for VVRetentionTimeMax for system and domain
respectively.
For online backup, because the virtual copy for datafile volumes and the virtual
copy for archive log destinations are taken at different times, their retention time
are slightly different.