In the non-Replication world, we can take last night's backup, restore it then apply the AI files in order to reconstitute a copy of the production DB.
Can I do the same with an OE Replication target? I.e. can I take last night's backup of the target then use dsrutil applyextent to roll forward to the present? Then disable replication and be confident that the DB is an exact copy of PROD?
You can use dsrutil applyextent only when RPLA is in pre-transition. You can restore the last night's backup, disable replication and then roll forward.
I tried to restore the backup from the target, doing a triggertransition and then an applyextent but it failed saying it was expecting sequence #0.
Paul, I am not 100% sure on what does "I tried to restore the backup from the target, doing a triggertransition" exactly entail - can you post / mail me the steps ?
probkup online target target.bkp
prorest newdb target.bkp
dsrutil newdb -C triggertransition
dsrutil newdb -C applyextent