Forum Post: Using dsrutil applyextent to Reconstitute a Test DB

[Paul Koufalis]

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?

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