RE: How to test BCV and backups

May be late in responding... but here's how I did it

I designated one disk & associated BCV as a test group - had a sysadmin do it. I modified a copy of all the shell scripts to only affect that BCV with all the operations (sync, split, etc.) Then I created a little test db on that disk only, backed it up, trashed it, recovered it, over and over. It was fun. The only drawback to this strategy is that I was utilizing production resources to do it - the advantage was that I was actually using something on the production hardware and would be familiar with it when the sh*t hit the fan, enough to stay calm and know which was was up.

the one big problem I had was identifying which disk was which through timefinder. I needed a lot of help to get that straight, but once we did, I was off crashing.

HTH Lisa Koivu
Oracle Database Punching Bag
Fairfield Resorts, Inc.
954-935-4117

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seppo Kaasalainen [SMTP:skaasal_at_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:40 PM
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> Hello,
>
> we are implementing EMC Time Finder with our Sun boxes.
>
> Now I wonder how I can test backup and recovery scenarios with BCV. Do you
>
> have any ideas or good documents concerning that.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Sepi
>
>
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