Test ASM Database refresh

Hello,
I am trying to refresh the test db from prod and both are of type ASM. Can someone provide me the detailed steps?
The test and prod nodes are part of a cluster.
Thanks.

803045 wrote:
I am trying to refresh the test db from prod and both are of type ASM. Can someone provide me the detailed steps?
The test and prod nodes are part of a cluster.You need to be more precise than this.
Are you referring to 2 ASM instanaces? On which case, exactly what do you want to refresh?
Or are you referring to to 2 database instances that both are using ASM? Also, exactly what is to be refreshed?
Cluster - are you referring to RAC? How are these test and prod nodes configured? Are these separate RAC db instances in the same RAC? Are these stand-alone db instances running on RAC nodes? Something else? And for the ASM part - do these ASM instances use the same shared storage server, or are local disks used instead?
Are the databases in archive log mode? Are rman used for backup and recovery?
And as already mentioned, the Oracle and o/s versions are very applicable too. Oracle version must include all 4 digits (Oracle 11gr2 is for example a product identifier and not a version number).

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