Prerequisites
Perform the following steps before restoring a read/only snapshot:
Ensure that you stop all the Remote Copy Groups before initiating a snapshot restore operation.
Ensure that you dismount the database ASM disk groups from one or more cluster nodes. Also, ensure that you drop the disk groups from one of the cluster nodes servers if ASM is in use when you do not select the
Automate Restore option.
(Not applicable for
Automate Restore option) Ensure that you unmount all the database file systems from the database server if they are on file systems. For example,
# umount /oradata
- (Not applicable for
Automate Restore option) Ensure to export the database volume groups from the database server if volume groups are in use. For example, for Linux logical volume groups:
# lvchange -an /dev/rh6lvm-data/lvol0
# lvchange -an /dev/rh6lvm-data/lvol1
# vgexport rh6lvm-datavg
Ensure that you remove the volumes exported as physical Raw Device Mapping from Oracle server for databases with volumes exported as physical RDM.
Procedure
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Click the main menu and then click
Oracle Databases.
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On the master pane of the
Databases screen, select a database.
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Select
Clone/Restore from the
Actions menu or from the
Copies tab.
Clone/Restore window appears.
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Select
Restore from the
Clone/Restore page.
- Pick a date (color coded) from the calendar that contains the copies summary for a selected month.
- Select a copy from the list of available copies for the selected date in the Copies for clone section and click
Next. You can use the
First,
Previous,
Next, and
Last buttons to navigate among pages that contain the Copies for clone list.
- Based on the selected copy type, perform the following:
For recovery from a snapshot:
Specify the
Meta Data File Path and click
Ok.
Select or clear
Automate Restore Database.
The
Automate Database Recovery
option is unavailable if you clear the
Automate Restore Database option. For more information, see the
HPE Recovery Manager Central Concepts Guide.
Select
Yes or
No for the
Automate Database Recovery option. Perform the following if you select
Yes for the
Automate Database Recovery option:
Select the
Type as either
Recover to this PIT or
Recover to another PIT.
Select or clear
Restore controlfile.
[Only for
Recover to another PIT option] - Select the date range from the calender. You can also set the
Hour,
Minute, and
Second and click
Done.
For a database that contains Express Protect, Catalyst Copy or Cloud Copy:
NOTE: Perform the steps mentioned in the prerequisites, if
Automate Restore Database is cleared.
Click
Select to search and specify an application server.
Specify the
Meta Data File Path.
Select or clear
Automate Restore Database.
The
Automate Database Recovery
option is unavailable if you clear the
Automate Restore Database option.
Select
Yes or
No for the
Automate Database Recovery option. Perform the following if you select
Yes for the
Automate Database Recovery option:
Select the
Type as either
Recover to this PIT or
Recover to another PIT.
Select or clear
Restore controlfile.
[Only for
Recover to another PIT option] - Select the date range from the calender. You can also set the
Hour,
Minute, and
Second and click
Done.
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Click
Ok in the
Restore dialog.