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Frequently
Asked Questions
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Do we need an Oracle
database administrator (DBA) to clone or refresh a database with
DbClone?
Answer:
No! Oracle
database administration (DBA) skills or expertise is not required to use
DbClone. DbClone is a self-service package designed for Oracle developer
or users familiar with Oracle database concepts. Training is
required to use the advanced features of DbClone.
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How much DBA skills
or effort is needed for using DBclone?
Answer:
No! Oracle DBA's
effort is not necessary after the installation and setup of DbClone package.
It provides tools to Oracle DBA's to delegate secure access and
privileges to Oracle users for self-service so that users can clone
Oracle databases with the need for DBA. It frees DBA from database cloning
tasks and provides features to manage and monitor several users cloning process simultaneously.
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What are the various
RDBMS databases can clone with DbClone?
Answer:
Currently
DbClone supports the cloning of only Oracle RDBMS. It can clone any
Oracle database Version: 7.3.4 and higher including Oracle Version: 9.2.0.
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Can users access
databases while cloning?
Answer:
Yes! If the
source database is running in an archive log mode.
Access to source
database depends on the archive mode of the source database ,if the
source database is in non-archive mode then it cannot be
accessed by users while cloning. In this case the users will have to wait
untill the Cloning is completed.
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Can user clone
multiple databases with DbClone at the same time?
Answer:
DbClone
can clone and monitor multiple databases of any Oracle version at
the same time as long as there are no source and target database
conflicts.
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How much time does
DbClone save over manual process using custom developed scripts?
Answer:
The saving in
time to clone by using DbClone depends on the size and the internal
complexity of the Oracle databases. There is no need to write any
program or custom scripts if you use DbClone. Therefore 100% of
the time spent in development testing and deployment of the manual
scripts is saved. DbClone also uses other optimized process for the
fastest and most efficient cloning.
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How much time
DbClone takes to clone an Oracle database?
Answer:
Depends on the
size of database, the network speed, the speed of the disk storage, and
the processing power of the target host systems.
An example of
current benchmark. It took 10 minutes and 40 seconds for cloning a 2GB
database on a SUN ULTRA 5 server with 2 X 300MHz processor and 512MB RAM,
running 3 Oracle instances concurrently.
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Can DbClone clone
existing Oracle version to any Oracle higher version?
Answer:
Yes! DbClone has
features and capabilities to migrate Oracle to higher versions.
Oracle technology does not support direct cloning to a lower oracle
version.
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Can I clone Oracle
database across different platforms?
Answer:
Yes. DbClone
provides the capability and features to directly migrate Oracle databases
between different Unix Operating systems and multi vendor Unix servers .
Currently the migration can be done between Oracle Sun and HP.
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How much automated
is the whole process?
Answer:
The whole
process is fully automated and can be carried out by any user. It takes less than ten (10) mouse clicks to start and
complete a cloning process.
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