That is the same approach we use for this - cancel MR on the standby, snapshot
the file systems (ZFS in this case) and then activate the cloned standby in the
target environment which takes care of the redo logs etc.
Performing this type of cloning is greatly simplified when you have the option
to clone to a different host. Previously when using the same host the approach
then required renaming the control file, redo log, temp etc along with using
RMAN to do the datafile rename (catalog the snapshot directory, switch to
datafile copy).
On 4 Oct 2015, at 6:29 AM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've done this successfully without the need for recovery. If you cancel
managed recovery before taking the snapshot, the standby will do a checkpoint
and give you a consistent database.
Seth Miller
