Veritas Velocity™ User's Guide
- Getting to know Velocity
- Setting up Velocity
- How to set up the Velocity Storage Server
- How to set up the Velocity Client
- Setting up the Velocity on-premises management server
- Upgrading Velocity
- Velocity Storage Server
- Users and roles
- Oracle database ingestion using Velocity
- How to use copy preparation to mask or sanitize sensitive data
- Oracle database ingestion using NetBackup CoPilot
- Microsoft SQL Server database ingestion using Velocity
- Automatic ingestion of NetBackup deduplicated backups
- Database sources and copies
- About scheduling ingestions for a database source
- Retention periods for database sources and copies
- Sandboxes
- Database recovery
- Alerts and logs
- Managing the Velocity physical appliance
- Configuring network address settings on the Velocity physical appliance
- About WAN optimization on the Velocity physical appliance
- About the Veritas Remote Management Console on the Velocity physical appliance
- About Velocity physical appliance storage
- About users on the Velocity physical appliance
- About Velocity physical appliance checkpoints
- About factory reset on the Velocity physical appliance
- Configuring network address settings on the Velocity physical appliance
- Monitoring the Velocity physical appliance
- Velocity physical appliance security
- About Velocity physical appliance user account privileges
- About the Velocity physical appliance intrusion detection system
- About Velocity physical appliance operating system security
- Recommended IPMI settings on the Velocity physical appliance
- Velocity REST APIs
- Best practices
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Section I. Velocity shell menu commands
- Introduction
- Appendix A. Main > Manage > Storage
- Appendix B. Main > Manage > Cloud
- Appendix C. Main > Manage > Software
- Appendix D. Main > Monitor
- Appendix E. Main > Network
- Appendix F. Main > Settings
- Appendix G. Main > Support
Creating a sandbox from an Oracle database copy
You can create a sandbox whenever you want a different database copy, or when you want to refresh a database copy.
The database files for the database copy are stored on the Velocity Storage Server, on an NFS export path. When you specify an Oracle Database server as the sandbox host, the sandbox is automatically mounted as an NFS share on that Oracle Database server. Then, the Oracle software can access the database files in the NFS export path and create and start the database for the sandbox.
You are prompted to provide the following information:
The time and date of the database copy that you want to use in the sandbox.
The Oracle Database server that you want to access the sandbox.
Optional configuration details for the sandbox.
Ensure that the following prerequisites are set up before you create a sandbox:
The Velocity Client is configured on the host Oracle Database server.
The Oracle host server is running a supported configuration.
See the Velocity Software Compatibility List at the following URL:
Before you create a sandbox, ensure that the host Oracle Database server has any required patches.
You must create a sandbox on a host server on which a version of Oracle is installed that is the same as the ingested database. Alternatively, to use an existing Oracle home from this host, enter it in the Custom Oracle Home Path field when you create the sandbox.
To create a sandbox from an Oracle database copy
- From the Velocity Console, in the left pane, click Sandboxes, and then on the Sandboxes dialog, click +.
- On the Choose Database dialog, do one of the following:
To get the latest database copy
Select a database.
To choose a specific date and time of a database copy
Select a database, click the down arrow, and then select a date and time from the calendar.
Note:
The following icon indicates that the database copy contains test data instead of production data:
- Click Next.
- On the Configure Host dialog, specify the details of the Oracle Database server that you want to host the sandbox:
- Click Next.
- On the Review Settings dialog, ensure that your selections are correct, and then click Create.
After the sandbox is successfully created, you can start using the database copy from your sandbox.