HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle Licenses - Manual (Page 12)

The Virtual Copy Display Utility
The Virtual Copy utility (rmora_display) of HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Oracle
displays database Virtual Copies along with other information including creation time, type, status,
and backup status. For systems running HP 3PAR OS 2.3.1 and above, the rmora_display
utility also provides the option to display the retention and expiration times of the Virtual Copy.
A type of Virtual Copy can be either Online, Offline, Datafile, or Archlog.
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An Online Virtual Copy indicates that the Virtual Copy for the database was created while it
was OPEN (online).
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An Offline Virtual Copy indicates that the Virtual Copy for the database was created while it
was CLOSED (offline).
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A Datafile Virtual Copy indicates that the Virtual Copy for the database was created while it
was OPEN (online) and contains only datafiles (no archive log destination).
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An Archlog Virtual Copy indicates that the Virtual Copy was created for archive log destination
only.
The status of a Virtual Copy can be either Available, Orphaned, Removed, Mounted,
Mounted(P)
, or Database.
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Available status indicates that the Virtual Copy exists and is not currently mounted or cloned.
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Removed status indicates that the Virtual Copy is removed.
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Mounted status indicates that the Virtual Copy is currently mounted.
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Mounted(P) status indicates that the Virtual Copy is partially mounted.
NOTE: To remount the Virtual Copy, use the rmora_mount command with the –r option.
To change the Virtual Copy status to Available, use the rmora_umount command.
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Database status indicates that a database has been cloned using the Virtual Copy.
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An Orphaned status indicates the current database volumes are no longer the parents of the
Virtual Copy volumes.
The backup status of a Virtual Copy can be either Y or N, where Y indicates that the Virtual Copy
has been backed up and N indicates that the Virtual Copy has not been backed up.
The Virtual Copy Mount Utility
The Virtual Copy mount utility of HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Oracle mounts an
existing database Virtual Copy that was created using the create utility on the backup server using
the rmora_mount command. The mounted Virtual Copy can be used for off-host processing
purposes such as backup or database cloning.
The following restrictions apply when mounting a database Virtual Copy:
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The Virtual Copy must have an Available or Mounted(P) status in order to be mounted.
The Virtual Copy's status can be retrieved using the Recovery Manager for Oracle display
utility.
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The same Virtual Copy cannot be mounted concurrently at different mount points.
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If the database files reside on Symantec VxVM Volumes, only one Virtual Copy per database
can be mounted at any time on the backup server. This is due to the VxVM disk groups from
different Virtual Copies of the same database having the same names and so cannot be
imported at the same time.
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If Oracle datafiles and archive logs reside on LVM logical volumes, HP 3PAR Recovery Manager
for Oracle allows only one Virtual Copy of the same database to be mounted. You must
unmount a mounted Virtual Copy before mounting a different Virtual Copy.
12 Overview of Recovery Manager Operations