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Ingesting an Oracle database into Velocity for the first time

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This topic applies only to ingesting an Oracle database by using Velocity. You can also ingest databases by using the NetBackup method.

See How Velocity and NetBackup work together

After you add an Oracle database as a source to Velocity, the first ingest process is by default a full ingest of the database. After the first ingest process is complete, you can add more copies of the ingested database to Velocity at any time. You can run an incremental ingest, or run a full ingest again.

Customizing the database ingestion

Before you ingest a database, review the following options for customizing the ingestion:

To create a custom parameter file to control the startup behavior of a sandbox

See About setting custom initialization parameters for a sandbox for an Oracle database copy

To customize the ingest_dba application for your environment or for a specific ingestion

See Editing default options for the ingest method for Oracle databases

Requirements

Before a database source is first ingested to Velocity, ensure that the following actions are completed:

To ingest an Oracle database source into Velocity for the first time

  1. From the Velocity Console, in the left pane, click Database Sources.

  2. On the Database Sources dialog, on the row for the database source that you want to ingest, click Ingest.

    Optionally, you can click Details, review or edit the database information, and then click Ingest on the Details dialog.

    After the database is successfully ingested, you can do any of the following:

    Assign roles and permissions

    See Changing the database sources that are assigned to a role

    See Assigning users to an existing role

    Create a sandbox

    See Creating a sandbox from an Oracle database copy

    View the database copies

    See Viewing database copies

More Information

Ingesting an Oracle database again after the first ingest