19: Oracle VDB Management
- Michael Litner
Analytics
In the VDB work area, you do tasks for a golden image, a duplicate golden image, a VDB, and database snapshots. A golden image is a full synchronized copy of the source database files. A golden image is used to create VDBs. A snapshot is a read/write point-in-time copy of the golden image. This section describes how to do these tasks.
To open the VDB work area:
On the navigation bar, click VDB.
The VDB Management window appears.
To create VDB:
To create a VDB, see 19: Oracle Initial Setup | To create and start a VDB.
To activate a GI:
Select the GI in the list.
Click Activate volume.
To remove a GI:
Select a GI in the list.
Click Remove Golden Image.
3. Click Remove to confirm the deletion or Cancel to exit with deleting the volume.
After the GI is removed, the following message appears: Golden Image (live) has been deleted.
To edit a GI:
Select the GI in the list.
Click Modify volume.
3. Enter a new Name.
4. To save your changes, click Modify. Otherwise, click Cancel.
After the change is done, the following message appears: Volume has been updated.
To see information about a GI:
Select the GI in the list.
Click Volume info.
The Info window appears.
3. To see the last logs, click Last Logs or click Cancel to return to the VDB Management window.
4. Click Auto-refresh to do an auto refresh.
5. To download the last logs, click Download or click Close to return to the VDB Management window.
6. To see the log history, click Log History or click Cancel to return to the VDB Management window.
7. Click Back or Cancel to return to the Info window.
To recover to the first snapshot:
Select the source DB.
Click Recovery to first snapshot.
3. Click Recovery to confirm the recovery or Cancel to exit with recovering the snapshot.
After all the snapshots are removed, the following message appears: Volume has been recovered to the first snapshot.
To recover to this snapshot:
Select the snapshot.
Click Recovery to this snapshot.
3. Click Recover to confirm the recovery or Cancel to exit with recovering the snapshot.
After the recover operation is complete, the following message appears: Volume has been recovred.
To create a duplicate VDB from a snapshot:
Select the snapshot.
Click Create duplicate.
3. Enter a Name.
4. Click Create. Otherwise, click Cancel to exit without creating a duplicate VDB.
During the creation of the duplicate GI, the following message appears: Duplicate creation is in progress.
After the duplicate GI is created, the following message appears: Duplicate has been created.
The VDB Management window displays the duplicate GI that has been created.
To remove a snapshot:
Select the snapshot.
Click Remove snapshot.
3. Click Remove to confirm the deletion or Cancel to exit with deleting the snapshot.
After the snapshot is removed, the following message appears: Snapshot has been deleted.
VDB
This section describes additional tasks that are available to manage VDBs.
To start a VDB:
Select the VDB.
Click Start VDB.
3. Enter the VDB configuration parameters.
4. Enter Advanced Parameters if necessary.
5. Click Start VDB. Otherwise, click Cancel to exit.
After the VDB was started, the following message appears: The VDB “VDB 1” was successfully started.
To force stop the refresh of a VDB:
Select the VDB.
Click Force stop VDB.
During the force stop, the following message appears: VDB stop is in progress.
After the force stop is complete, the following message appears: VDB has been stopped.
To stop the refresh of a VDB:
Select the VDB.
Click Stop VDB.
During the stop, the following message appears: VDB stop is in progress.
After the stop is complete, the following message appears: VDB has been stopped.