Snapshots=(Allocation=n,File=file-spec)
Allows you to specify a new snapshot file allocation size, a new
snapshot file location, or both, for the storage area to which
the qualifier is applied.
Use the Allocation=n option to specify the snapshot file
allocation size in n pages; use the File=file-spec option to
specify a new file location for the snapshot file associated with
the area being moved.
Note that when you specify a new file location for the snapshot
file, the snapshot file is not actually moved; instead, Oracle
RMU creates and initializes a new snapshot file in the specified
directory. However, if a snapshot file is accidentally deleted or
becomes corrupt, using this qualifier is not the recommended or
supported method for re-creating the snapshot file. Use the RMU
Repair command instead. See the Repair help entry for information
on using the RMU Repair command to re-create and initialize a
deleted or corrupted snapshot file.
If the keyword Allocation is omitted, the original allocation is
used, not the storage area's current allocation size.
You cannot specify a snapshot file name for a single-file
database. When you create a snapshot file, Oracle Rdb does not
store the file specification of the snapshot file. Instead, it
uses the file specification of the root file (.rdb) to determine
the file specification of the snapshot file.
See the Usage Notes for information on placing a snapshot file on
a different device or directory when your database is a single-
file database and for information on how this qualifier interacts
with the Root, File, and Directory qualifiers.
The Snapshot qualifier is a positional qualifier.