Creating the cold, warm, and hot recovery points
You can create cold recovery points manually, or warm recovery points automatically of non-VSS-aware databases. You can also create hot recovery points on non-VSS-aware recovery points.
To create a cold recovery point manually
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Stop the database manually.
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Use Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution to run a backup immediately using the Run Backup Policy task or the Independent Backup task.
Veritas System Recovery instantaneously snaps a virtual volume recovery point of the database.
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Manually restart the database anytime after the recovery point progress bar appears on the Monitor page of the console.
While the database is restarted, the actual recovery point is created from the virtual volume recovery point.
To create a warm recovery point automatically
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Define a backup that includes the command files that you have created for the following stages of the recovery point:| Before data capture | A command file that stops the database. || After data capture | A command file that restarts the database. |
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Use Veritas System Recovery to run the backup policy that includes the command files.
To create a hot recovery point
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Use Veritas System Recovery to create a recovery point without stopping or restarting the database.
Veritas System Recovery instantaneously snaps a virtual volume recovery point from which the recovery point is created.