Snapdrive for Windows has a command line switch that we use to automatically trigger a snapmirror update when the snapshot is taken. Once the snapshots are taken we then use scripts to update the snapvault on our FAS6070 from the snapshot we just took. As soon as that is complete we take a snapshot on the FAS6070 to keep some number readily available online. Once that snapshot has been taken, we then start a backup to tape from that snapvault volume. Those tapes are then removed from the libraries and stored in a fireproof safe.

On 10/17/07, Page, Jeremy <jeremy.page@gilbarco.com> wrote:

Looking for someone out there with some experience with pSeries + Oracle. Is SnapVault, SnapMirror, Snapshot used as common replication tools for Oracle in the General Public versus native Oracle Replication or Snapshots? Long ago we also looked at Native clustering / replication tools at the P-Series level. Just curious on how many companies use the SAN replication tools for Oracle. I'd appreciate any insight you might have and I'll try and do some research on this.

From a storage admin side I was assuming it's as simple as creating a shell script that quiesces Oracle, takes a snapshot and then lets Oracle move on with it's life, am I missing something?

-Jeremy

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