Subject: RMAN Duplicate Database From RAC ASM To RAC ASM

Doc ID: Note:461479.1

Type: HOWTO
Last Revision Date: 06-MAR-2008
Status: MODERATED
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Goal
Solution
This duplication example assumes the following :
Procedure :

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Applies to:
Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 10.1.0.0 to 10.2.0.4
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Goal
RMAN Duplicate Database From RAC ASM to RAC ASM

Solution
This duplication example assumes the following :
You are using recovery catalog database catdb
The target database trgt is on host1 and contains ASM datafiles and online logs in diskgroup
+DISK1
You want to duplicate the target to database dupdb on remote host host2.
host2 has diskgroup +DISK2
You want to store the datafiles for dupdb to +DISK2
You want to store two controlfiles in +DISK2
The backups and archivelogs created by host1 are accessible by host2

Procedure :

Create an initialization parameter for auxiliary instance by copying the target database
initialization parameter file. Change the parameters as follows:
Set DB_NAME to the new database name dupdb
Set CONTROL_FILES to store two copies of the control file in +DISK2
Set DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT and LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT to convert the datafile
and online log file names from +DISK1 to +DISK2
Set any other initialization parameters that end in _DEST, such as DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
and DB_CREATE_ONLINE_DEST_n, to reference +DISK2
Comment all the RAC related parameters in the dupdb parameter file. This we will enable
once the duplicate is finished.
For example :
DB_NAME=dupdb
CONTROL_FILES=+DISK2,+DISK2
DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=+DISK1,+DISK2
LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT=+DISK1,DISK2
Create an SPFILE from the parameter file, and start the auxiliary instance:
SQL> CONNECT SYS/oracle@dupdb;
SQL> CREATE SPFILE FROM PFILE='location of auxiliary instance pfile';
SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT;
Then run the following RMAN commands to duplicate the database:
RMAN> CONNECT TARGET /;
RMAN> CONNECT CATALOG rman/cat@catdb;
RMAN> CONNECT AUXILIARY SYS/oracle@dupdb;
RMAN> DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE TO dupdb;
When the DUPLICATE command completes, the duplicate database is created, with datafiles,
online logs and control files in ASM disk group +DISK2.
Shutdown the database and add all the RAC related parameters and then start the
database.
Note:- The only difference between duplicate from RAC ASM and standalone ASM is not to
perform the last step i.e. adding of the RAC related parameters.

Keywords

DUPLICATE~DATABASE; RAC; AUXILIARY; DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT;

LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT;

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