clonedb

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve said something like: “Ideally you really need to do your testing on the production system”. Kevin Closson has recently written some interesting notes (with more to come) about clonedb – an 11.2 feature that may make it possible to get pretty close to this ideal.

Part 1
Part 1.5

Footnote: for purposes of removing any confusion, please note that actually testing on your production system is not a good idea