CLI cookbook: determining the snapshot used to provision a VDB

Procedure:

The parent snapshot can be determined using the CLI as follows:

Log into the server as a Engine Administrator:
CODE
```
ssh admin@<server_ip>
```

Select the VDB.

CODE

delphix> databased
elphix database> ls
Objects
NAME          PARENTCONTAINER DESCRIPTION
dSource1      - 
dSource2      - 
VDB1          dSource1        -
VDB2          dSource2        -
VDB3          dSource1        -
delphix database> select VDB1

List the VDB parameters, and make a note of the currentTimeflow value.

CODE

delphix database "VDB1"> ls
Properties
    type: OracleDatabaseContainer
    name: VDB1
    currentTimeflow: VDB1/default
    description: (unset)
    diagnoseNoLoggingFaults: true
    endianness: BIG_ENDIAN
    group: <New Group>
    masked: false
    os: HP-UX
    parentContainer: dSource1
    performanceMode: false
    processor: ia64
    reference: ORACLE_DB_CONTAINER-10
    runtime: 
        type: OracleDBContainerRuntime
        logSyncActive: true
    sourcingPolicy:
        type: OracleSourcingPolicy
        encryptedLinkingEnabled: false
        logsyncEnabled: true
        logsyncInterval: 300
        logsyncMode: ARCHIVE_ONLY_MODE   
version:

Select the Timeflow listed for the VDB.

CODE

delphix database "VDB1"> /timeflow
delphix timeflow> select VDB1/default
List the timeflow parameters.  The Snapshot used to provision the VDB is listed as parentSnapshot

delphix timeflow "VDB1/default"> ls
Properties

List the Timeflow parameters. The Snapshot used to provision the VDB is listed as parentSnapshot.

CODE

delphix timeflow "VDB1/default"> ls
Properties
type: OracleTimeflow
    name: VDB1/default
    container: VDB1
    parentPoint:
        type: OracleTimeflowPoint
        location: 141285148
        timeflow: dSource1/default
    parentSnapshot: @2013-02-14T15:07:28.491Z
    reference: ORACLE_TIMEFLOW-92572