9 Setting up Oracle Exadata Storage Snapshots
- Before You Begin With Exadata Snapshots
Understand the optimal use-case before you begin with Exadata Snapshots. - Overview of Exadata Snapshots
- Prerequisites for Exadata Snapshot Databases
Before creating Exadata snapshot databases, check that your environment meets these requirements. - Sparse Disk Sizing and Allocation Methodology
To create Exadata Snapshots, you must have sparse grid disks created with an Oracle ASM disk group created based on those disks. - Refresh Considerations, or Lifecycle of Exadata Snapshots
Refresh cycles can influence how you use and create Exadata Snapshots. - Using an Oracle Data Guard Standby Database as the Test Master
If the test master is a complete database that needs to be refreshed regularly, Oracle recommends creating the test master database as an Oracle Data Guard physical standby dedicated to this purpose. - Managing Exadata Snapshots
To create and manage Exadata Snapshots, you need to perform these procedures: - Managing Sparse Griddisks
You can resize, recreate, or monitor the activity of sparse griddisks. - Monitoring Exadata Snapshots Using Database Statistics and Wait Events