Local-host snapshot method: VxVM (Solaris SPARC, HP-UX, Windows)
Use the following procedure to configure.
To configure the local host snapshot method
- Install and configure the following on the production database host:
Install NetBackup Client, NetBackup Snapshot Client, and NetBackup for SAP Agent.
Configure the production database (Oracle).
You can install NetBackup primary server on a separate host.
- Attach the external disk D1 to the primary client (production database host) and create a VM disk group using the following command:
root@primary# vxdg init diskgroup [cds=on|off] diskname=devicename
- Create a volume in primary disk D using the following command:
root@primary# vxassist -g diskgroup make volume size
- Add a DCO log to the volume using the following command:
root@primary# vxassist -g diskgroup addlog volume logtype=dco
- Enable FastResync on the volume using the following command:
root@primary# vxvol -g diskgroup set fastresync=on volume
- Create a VxFS file system on this volume and mount it using the following commands:
root@primary# mkfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/diskgroup/volume root@primary# mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/diskgroup/volume mnt
- Create the SAP production database on this volume.
- Start the snapshot for the data volume in the primary client using the following command:
root@primary# vxassist -g diskgroup -b snapstart volume