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 master 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
```

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