Re: DataGuard and closed/cold backups

Jacky,
Why on earth would you take a cold backup these days? It is probably not a problem, the only issue I see is you have to activate the database after mounting it as a standby database. I have never tried it, though, because I cannot see the point of taking a cold backup. So, again, why not take a hot backup?

Best regards,

Carel-Jan Engel

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On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 00:05, The Oracle wrote:

> Well, I've R'd the FMs, and can't seem to find a clear answer - as I'm
> new to DataGuard, I need your help! :-)
>
> I've been asked what the ramifications of doing a cold backup on a
> physical standby database would be, rather than taking the primary
> database offline. I didn't see anything in the docs that suggest this
> is a bad idea, but thought I'd check with the experts... In practice
> it seems simple, but will there be any issues starting up/running an
> instance off of the file copies, since before the shutdown it wasn't
> the primary?
>
> Any help/advice you can provide would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Jackie
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