3.

Overview of the Procedure

3.1 Introduction
Cloning database is one of the routine DBA activities. Any DBA who administers v
arious environments and is supporting the application development team for datab
ase activities has to periodically synchronize the acceptance/testing/developmen
t with the Production data.
This frequency of synchronization depends upon the business and application deve
lopment teams requirements. Generally this process can be done with the below me
ntioned procedures
1) EXPORT/IMPORT utilities
2) DATA PUMP
3) Cold Backup Restoration
4) Hot Backup Recovery
Each of the above mentioned process has got its own pros and cons. To state a fe
w vital reasons why Hot backup recovery process is chosen widely
a) You can recover to the most recent time period.
b) Doesnt require outage of the source database
c) Requires less time compared to the other process
d) Best method for large databases
3.2 Environments
1. Primary or the Source database system
2. Secondary or the Target database system
3.3 Assumption
Primary database operated in ARCHIVELOG mode.
Secondary database to be created by cloning in a different server
Primary and Secondary environment Operating system are same.
3.4 Cloning Process
3.4.1 Steps to be followed in Primary database:
1) Perform HOTBACKUP of all the data files
2) LSN number
Login as sys as sysdba
Sql> Alter system archive log current;
Sql> Archive log list
Note down the Current Log Sequence
3) Control file trace
In Sql> prompt issue the statement
ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE;
You can find the trace file in the udump directory.
3. Overview of the Procedure
3.1 Introduction
Cloning database is one of the routine DBA activities. Any DBA who administers v
arious environments and is supporting the application development team for datab
ase activities has to periodically synchronize the acceptance/testing/developmen
t with the Production data.
This frequency of synchronization depends upon the business and application deve
lopment teams requirements. Generally this process can be done with the below me
ntioned procedures
1) EXPORT/IMPORT utilities
2) DATA PUMP
3) Cold Backup Restoration
4) Hot Backup Recovery
Each of the above mentioned process has got its own pros and cons. To state a fe
w vital reasons why Hot backup recovery process is chosen widely
a) You can recover to the most recent time period.
b) Doesnt require outage of the source database
c) Requires less time compared to the other process
d) Best method for large databases
3.2 Environments
1. Primary or the Source database system
2. Secondary or the Target database system
3.3 Assumption
Primary database operated in ARCHIVELOG mode.
Secondary database to be created by cloning in a different server
Primary and Secondary environment Operating system are same.
3.4 Cloning Process
3.4.1 Steps to be followed in Primary database:
1) Perform HOTBACKUP of all the data files
2) LSN number
Login as sys as sysdba
Sql> Alter system archive log current;
Sql> Archive log list
Note down the Current Log Sequence
3) Control file trace
In Sql> prompt issue the statement
ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE;
You can find the trace file in the udump directory.