High Availability Guide : Administering and configuring HotStandby : Configuring HotStandby : Defining name and location for HotStandby database operation
  
Defining name and location for HotStandby database operation
The optional HotStandby.CopyDirectory parameter defines the name and location of the directory that the HotStandby copy operation copies to.
The HotStandby copy operation is specified with the command:
ADMIN COMMAND 'hotstandby copy [directory_name]';
The HotStandby.CopyDirectory parameter has no default value, so if the directory is not specified in the solid.ini file, it must be provided in the copy command. If you provide a relative path for the HotStandby.CopyDirectory parameter, the path is relative to the working directory of the Primary server.
The HotStandby.CopyDirectory parameter is not needed if you perform the HotStandby database copy operations by using the ADMIN COMMAND 'hotstandby netcopy' command.
Important: The copy command is deprecated. Instead, use the netcopy command.
See also
Configuring HotStandby