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Golden images are always created on the primary storage pool. |
There are four several types of golden images:
LIVE GI – a golden image that is created and synchronized from a source DB replica. Accelario Replication is usually used to create the source DB replica. The LIVE GI is continuously synchronized.
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RMAN GI – a golden image that is created and synchronized using Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) incremental forever backup mechanism. RMAN incremental backups can be automatically scheduled or a GI Refresh operation is used to do a manual backup.
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RMAN STANDBY GI – a golden image that is created and synchronized using RMAN incremental forever backup mechanism from a Data Guard standby source database. RMAN incremental backups can be automatically scheduled or a GI Refresh operation is used to do a manual backup.
RDS AWS RMAN GI
The RDS AWS RMAN GI is exclusively for Oracle databases hosted on Amazon RDS. It combines the features of RMAN with optimizations for AWS cloud infrastructure.Native SQL Server Backup GI - provide automatic initial load and refresh using the customer Native SQL Backup files. The initial load and subsequent restores are scheduled automatically by the system.
AWS RDS MSSQL GI
Provided for MS SQL Server databases running on Amazon RDS.
Golden Image Snapshots
GI snapshot (GI snap) – a read/write point-in-time copy of the golden image. It uses minimum storage space because the unchanged data is accessed directly from the golden image. A GI snap can be created manually or can be scheduled.
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