You choose a database consistency option and you can schedule the execution of the
cloning volumes step.
Prerequisites
The database must not be in backup or suspend input/output mode when you start the
process.
Log archiving must be enabled.
Context
SAP Landscape Management uses the
following consistency methods for the database types:
Database Type
Consistency Method
DB2
Consistency done by storage adapter
DB4
Not supported
DB6
Suspend input/output mode
Independent
Not supported
INFORMIX
Not supported
liveCache
Suspend logwriter
MaxDB
Database snapshot (online)
MSSQL
Suspend input/output mode
Oracle
Backup mode
SAP HANA
Database snapshot (online)
Sybase
Suspend input/output mode
Sybase IQ
Not supported
Procedure
Choose one of the following options for the database consistency:
Option
Description
Online: Clone Running DB
To carry out the cloning process while the source database is running,
select this radio button. An automatic crash recovery of the target database
is triggered afterwards.
Online: Backup/Suspend IO Mode
To put the source database into backup mode during storage cloning, select
this radio button and enter the timeout in seconds. An automatic recovery of
the target database is triggered afterwards.
Offline: Stop and Restart System
To stop the source system before storage cloning and start the source system
after storage cloning, select this radio button.
Offline: Database already stopped
Selected if the source database is already stopped. No changes are made to
the source database.
Database was stopped during system snapshot
Selected if you clone from an existing system snapshot. No changes are made
to the source database.
To schedule the execution of the cloning volumes step, select the
Schedule execution of cloning step checkbox and enter an
execution date and time.
You schedule execution for synchronized cloning.
The system provisioning activity will be executed immediately until it
reaches the cloning volumes step. When the scheduled time is reached, the system
provisioning activity continues and the cloning step is executed.