RE: How to duplicate production database onto development box

Is there any need to create a standby database in this case? My procedure for copying production to development is:

1. alter database backup controlfile to trace; (in production)
2. Restore a production backup (either hot or cold) to the development server
3. Update database name and filenames in the controlfile script from step 1, as required
4. Run script from step 3 on development server to create new controlfiles
5. Recover new development database up to desired point in time using archived redo from production
6. Open the new development database with resetlogs

This approach allows me to rename the database and the datafiles (if the datafiles need to be placed differently on the development server than in production, for example) in one step, rather than manually renaming 50+ datafiles in a standby database, and then recovering, activating, and renaming that database.

Marc Cure
Oracle DBA, OCP

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Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:59 AM
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I use a hot backup to create a standby database then apply logs to the point I want to get a copy of production of a specific time.

Then you can rename the database if you want to.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:18 AM
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Just copy the files over and recreate the control file.

Abraham
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Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 7:48 AM
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Hi!
We want to put an exact copy of our production database (approx. 200 GB) onto a development box. What would be the best way to achieve this? Export/import would take kinda long... ;) Would transportable tablespaces be the way to go? This is 8.1.7 on Sun Solaris.
Thanks,
Helmut

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