EMC CLARiiON AX4-5 Storage Replication Consistency Feature With Oracle 11g and ASM: Validation Test Report

This paper documents functionality testing of the EMC CLARiiON4 AX4-5 SnapView and MirrorView/Synchronous replication technology that was done to ensure the AX4-5 readiness in an Oracle Database hg environment. During replication, data content consistency across multiple LUNs comprising a database must be maintained. As such, testing was focused on using the consistency feature available with SnapView and MirrorView/S in conjunction with Oracle 11g's flashback database and restore point features to create a valid point-in-time backup of an Oracle database that spans multiple LUNs and without having to put the database into hot backup mode during replication.