Use a Newly Configured CXBF Device (RAW Devices)

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For the Quick Recovery Agent and Image Level iDataAgents, if the Oracle instance has data files residing on a raw partition, soft links need to be re-established after creating the raw CXBF devices.

For example, if an Oracle volume is linked as:

data1.dbf -> dev/rdsk/c1t1d1s1

To create the links:

1. Shut down the Oracle database.
2. Remove the link:

   rm data1.dbf

3. After installing the CXBF driver, re-establish the link:

   ln -s /dev/cxbf/rdsk/c1t1d1s1

4. Ensure the permissions for the devices are set to the Oracle user and Oracle group:

   chown Oracle:dba /dev/cxbf/rdsk/c1t1d1s1

5. Start the Oracle database.

During Quick Recovery on the QR Agent, the soft links will automatically be associated with the recovery volume. This is analogous to automatically switching the mount points between file system volumes during recovery.