Using OCOPY utility in Windows
Dear Sirs:
I have setup a Oracle 10G RAC in VMware where the two guest operating systems are Windows 2003.
The VOTING DISK, DATABASE DISK, and the OCR DISK are as /device/Hardisk1/Partition1, /device/Harddisk2/Partition1, and /device/Harddisk3/Partition1
respectively. These are all virtual devices.
Now when I query the V$Controlfile view for locations I am getting result as:
NAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+DATA/rac/controlfile/Controlfile123456.7889
+DATA/rac/controlfile/Controlfile16361.737982
If I am using " C:> OCOPY \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 C:\ " the whole ASM drive (that is disk2) is getting copied.
If I mention " C:> OCOPY \\.\+DATA\rac\controlfile\Controlfile123456.7889 C:\" the utility says that input file not found. I am making lot of permutations
and combinations for the input file path such as back slash to front slash, getting rid of the + sign before DATA etc etc, but no useful result.
I know that using OCOPY for backup is never the best practice. RMAN should be used. But my problem is that I want to learn OCOPY learn the concepts of
ASM, RAC.
Please let me know that if I want to take manual backup of specific files (data file, control file, log file) then how should I use OCOPY?
Even if I want to use RMAN for specific files only then what is the command.
I am extremely new to RAC. Thanks in advance
Best regards,
Caesar