Re: Compressing Export Dumps

Yes, 8.1.7 exp has 2 new parameters:

filesize=53687058420        # 50gb
file=file1.dmp,file2.dmp     # 2 files

It helps when exporting a 1tb db. Using direct=y, gets it done in 4hours.

FWIW, Gene

>>> Rachel_Carmichael_at_Sonymusic.com 05/16/02 09:13AM >>>

If you are on Unix, you can pipe the export into a "split" command and break the file into multiples and compress on the fly. There's a note on metalink about it (note 30528.1)

Also, I *think* in 8.1.7 you can specify the size and names of the export files, so that Oracle will automatically break the large file into several smaller ones.

Check the Utilities manual

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Hi all,
My export dumps are too big (80 GB) for my filesystem and I'm looking for a way
to compress them on the fly -ie without taking *.dmp to disk first but straight *.dmp.gz
Anybody with an idea on how to archive this ? Thanking you,

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