These parameters set the retention policy when you create a profile. For example, you can assign the following values:retain.hourly.count = 12

retain.hourly.duration = 2

retain.monthly.count = 2

retain.monthly.duration = 6

restore.temporaryVolumeName

This parameter assigns a name to the temporary volume. When SnapManager uses the indirect method for restoring data from secondary storage, it requires a scratch volume on the primary storage to hold a temporary copy of data until it is copied into the database files and the database is recovered. There is no default value. If you do not specify a value, you must enter a name in the restore command that uses the indirect method. For example, you can assign the following values:restore.temporaryVolumeName = smo_temp_volume

host.credentials.persist

This parameter allows SnapManager to store host credentials. By default, the host credentials are not stored. However, host credentials need to be stored if you have a custom script that runs on a remote clone and requires access to a remote server.You can enable storing of host credentials by assigning true to host.credentials.persist. SnapManager encrypts and saves the host credentials.

restorePlanMaxFilesDisplayed

This parameter enables you to define the maximum number of files to be displayed in the restore preview.By default, SnapManager displays a maximum of 20 files in the restore preview. However, you can change to a value greater than 0. For example, you can assign the following value:

snapshot.list.timeout.min

This parameter enables you to define the time in minutes for which SnapManager must wait for the snap list command to execute when you are performing any SnapManager operations.By default, SnapManager waits for 30 minutes. However, you can change to a value greater than 0. For example, you can assign the following value:

For any SnapManager operation, if the snap list command execution time exceeds the value assigned to snapshot.list.timeout.min, the operation fails with a timeout error message.

pruneIfFileExistsInOtherDestination

This pruning parameter enables you to define the destination of the archive logs files. The archive log files are stored in multiple destinations. While pruning archive log files, SnapManager needs to know the destination of the archive log files. The possible values that you can assign are as follows:

prune.archivelogs.backedup.from.otherdestination

This pruning parameter enables you to prune the archive log files backed up from the specified archive log destinations or backed up from external archive log destinations. The possible values that you can assign are as follows:

maximum.archivelog.files.toprune.atATime

This pruning parameter enables you to define the maximum number of archive log files that you can prune at a given time. For example, you can assign the following value:maximum.archivelog.files.toprune.atATime = 998

archivelogs.consolidate

This parameter allows SnapManager to free the duplicate archive log backups if you assign true to archivelogs.consolidate.

suffix.backup.label.with.logs

This parameter enables you to specify the suffix that you want to add to differentiate the label names of the data backup and the archive log backup.For example, when you assign logs to suffix.backup.label.with.logs, _logs is added as a suffix to the archive log backup label. The archive log backup label would then be arch_logs.

backup.archivelogs.beyond.missingfiles

This parameter allows SnapManager to include the missing archive log files in the backup. The archive log files that do not exist in the active file system are not included in the backup. If you want to include all of the archive log files, even those that do not exist in the active file system, you must assign true to backup.archivelogs.beyond.missingfiles.

You can assign false to ignore the missing archive log files.

srvctl.timeout

This parameter enables you to define the timeout value for the srvctl command. Note: The Server Control (SRVCTL) is a utility to manage RAC instances.

When SnapManager takes more time to execute the srvctl command than the timeout value, the SnapManager operation fails with this error message: Error: Timeout occurred while executing command: srvctl status.

snapshot.restore.storageNameCheck

This parameter allows SnapManager to perform the restore operation with Snapshot copies that were created before migrating from Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode to clustered Data ONTAP.The default value assigned to the parameter is false. If you have migrated from Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode to clustered Data ONTAP but want to use the Snapshot copies created before migration, set snapshot.restore.storageNameCheck=true.

services.common.disableAbort

This parameter disables cleanup upon failure of long-running operations. You can set services.common.disableAbort=true.For example, if you are performing a clone operation that runs long and then fails because of an Oracle error, you might not want to clean up the clone. If you set services.common.disableAbort=true, the clone will not be deleted. You can fix the Oracle issue and restart the clone operation from the point where it failed.

These parameters activate the sleep mechanism in the Direct NFS (dNFS) layout. After you create the backup of control files using dNFS or a Network File System (NFS), SnapManager tries to read the control files, but the files might not be found.To enable the sleep mechanism, ensure that backup.sleep.dnfs.layout=true. The default value is true.

When you enable the sleep mechanism, you must assign the sleep time to backup.sleep.dnfs.secs. The sleep time assigned is in seconds and the value depends upon your environment. The default value is 5 seconds.

For example:

When you do not specify the backup label, SnapManager creates a default backup label. These SnapManager parameters allows you to customize the default backup label.To enable customization of the backup label, ensure that the value of override.default.backup.pattern is set to true. The default value is false.

To assign the new pattern of the backup label, you can assign keywords such as database name, profile name, scope, mode, and host name to new.default.backup.pattern. The keywords should be separated using an underscore. For example, new.default.backup.pattern=dbname_profile_hostname_scope_mode.

allow.underscore.in.clone.sid

Oracle supports usage of the underscore in clone SID from Oracle 11gR2. This SnapManager parameter enables you to include an underscore in the clone SID name.To include an underscore in the clone SID name, ensure that the value of allow.underscore.in.clone.sid is set to true. The default value is true.

If you are using an Oracle version earlier than Oracle 11gR2 or if you do not want to include an underscore in the clone SID name, set the value to false.

oracle.parameters.with.comma

This parameter enables you to specify all the Oracle parameters that have comma (,) as the value.While performing any operation SnapManager uses oracle.parameters.with.comma to check all the Oracle parameters and skip the splitting of the values.

For example, if the value of nls_numeric_characters=,, then specify oracle.parameters.with.comma=nls_numeric_characters. If there are multiple Oracle parameters with comma as the value, you must specify all the parameters in oracle.parameters.with.comma.

These parameters allow SnapManager to exclude the archive log files from the profiles and backups if the database is not on a Snapshot copy-enabled storage system and you want to perform SnapManager operations on that storage system.Note: You must include the exclude parameters in the configuration file before creating a profile.

The values assigned to these parameters can either be a top-level directory or a mount point where the archive log files are present or a subdirectory.

To exclude archive log files from being included in the profile and being backed up, you must include one of the following parameters: