If I was trying it that way, I would put the database in hot backup mode before the snapshot, then do a recover database when I brought it up on the copies. just my 2 cents... On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Yechiel Adar <adar666@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just wondering - WARNING - from the top of my head. > > Since ASM sees the mount point only, it does not care about the physical > disks in the storage why not use the storage facilities to do the copy? > > 1) create a storage snapshot that duplicate the old disks to the new disks > and wait for the storage copy to finish. > 2) bring down the database and severe the connection between the original > disks and the snapshot. > 3) switch the mount point to point to the snapshot. > 4) bring up the database. > > Take with a TON (not a grain) of salt. > > Adar Yechiel > Rechovot, Israel > > > > Don Granaman wrote: > > We are using ASM for 10.2.0.4 RAC on Linux x86-64 and will need to > replace a number of disks in the storage array. > > > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'