The full system seeding workflow has the following features:
- Uses the Teradata ARC utility or DSA and Ecosystem Manager workflows to run.
- Allows target systems anywhere (on-premises systems, private/public cloud systems).
- Provides REST APIs to support workflow generation, deployment, and execution.
- Supports the Teradata Database 14.10 and later.
Feature Notes
- Data copying is limited to the Ecosystem Manager appliance infrastructure and network bandwidth between the source and target Teradata systems and Ecosystem Manager Appliance.
- System seeding using ARC requires the all-AMP ARC main copy and does not support the multi-ARC copy using the TARA server. There is limited support for the Teradata MAPS feature when using ARC. ARC requires using an all-AMP map. If the source system has maps that are not all-AMP maps, those maps will not be copied as part of the full system seeding.
- System seeding using DSA supports the Teradata MAPS feature.
- The Rollback option only deletes user data. If a full recovery from the system seeding is needed, run the sysinit and dipall commands to return the target system back to the original state.
Use Cases
- Copying a primary Teradata system, including dictionary and data, to a newer or existing empty Teradata system for disaster recovery.
- Copying a primary Teradata system to a cloud-based instance for on-demand analytics and reporting.
- Copying an initial dictionary only.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites apply to ARC and DSA.
- Both the source and target system must be Teradata Database 14.10 or later.
- The Teradata source system version cannot be greater than the Teradata target system version. For example, if the source system is 16.20, the target system must be 16.20 or later.
- The target system should not contain any user data.
- For the target system, enable only dbc logon.
Follow the steps in the next section to enable dbc logons.