From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Fri Jun 25 10:14:16 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5PFE1T27915 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:14:11 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5PFDo627879 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:14:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2F68872D0D3; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:56:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16981-76; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:56:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 036F572D107; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:56:42 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:54:59 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 64DE872C9A9 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:54:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16681-52 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:54:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailgw1.proteome.com (ns1.proteome.com [64.246.89.227]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id C767272CED0 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:54:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from proteus.incyte.com (mailhost.proteome.com [64.246.89.254]) by mailgw1.proteome.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5PFGk5P020812 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:16:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from JROBERTSON2PC (dhcp-106.incyte.com [10.203.1.106]) by proteus.incyte.com (8.11.6p2/8.11.6) with SMTP id i5PFGe518454 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:16:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Guang Mei" To: Subject: RE: Hot Backup Theory Revisited: Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:16:40 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <42BBD772AC30EA428B057864E203C99911596F@MSGBOSCLF2WIN.DMN1.FMR.COM> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org X-archive-position: 3656 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: gmei@incyte.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org I am trying to understand: Is it true that if the copy of control file (just an OS copy) is done AFTER issuing ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT; then no earlier (than the log switch) archive log is needed? We still need the archive logs generated during tablespace backup process. Guang > -----Original Message----- > > I suggested this since I was wondering if he makes the copy of the = > control file before starting the backup process. > Don't know if this is the case, then probably the timestamp info in the = > control file will be much older than ones in the data files and the = > archived logs generated during the backup process, which may require an = > earlier archive log. > > Waleed ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------