Oracle Workflow Script

We can automate the execution of a SQL script against an Oracle Virtual database using a workflow:

1. Install workflow.sh into /act/scripts and make it executable. You should not need to edit this file at all. All variables will be learned during run time.
2. Install workflow.sql into /act/scripts/ Edit the file as needed to add the commands needed.
3. Create a workflow to run the workflow.sh script. The workflow script box needs to contain both the script file and the SQL file, so state both scripts with no paths and a space in between like this: workflow.sh workflow.sql
4. When the workflow is run, after creating the Virtual Database the Actifio Connector will run the SQL script.

To manually test outside a workflow (where the DB is already mounted) do the following as root user:

1. Set the orahome variable, e.g. export orahome=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1
2. Set databasesid variable (the SID of the Oracle DB), e.g. export databasesid=demodb
3. Run the sh script using this syntax (change .sh script and .sql script names to suit): ./workflow.sh test workflow.sql

su -m is Linux only

The script uses su -m to preserve the settings when switching to the Oracle user. This option does not appear to be supported on non-Linux, so if you get an error, use workflow_AIX.sh instead.

This script also assumes bash is available on your system.

Running as a mount job superscript

The method above is for workflows. You may want to run exactly the same script as part of a regular mount. In which case we use super-scripts. We install and edit the scripts exactly as above. We then run this script in a superscript in the post phase by adding the following where you change the name of the workflow.sh and workflow.sql to match. The phase must be POST:

-script "name=workflow.sh:phase=POST:args=workflow.sql"

A complete mount command would look something like this:

udstask mountimage -image Image_8337138 -host orademodb -restoreoption 'provisioningoptions=<provisioning-options><databasesid>avtest</databasesid><username>oracle</username><orahome>/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/ora_1</orahome><nonid>false</nonid><noarchivemode>false</noarchivemode><clearlog>false</clearlog><notnsupdate>false</notnsupdate><nooratabupdate>false</nooratabupdate><rrecovery>true</rrecovery><useexistingorapw>false</useexistingorapw></provisioning-options>' -nowait -script "name=workflow.sh:phase=POST:args=workflow.sql"