Re: Full Export to Magnetic Tape

On 4 Aug 1997 02:20:11 GMT, periea_at_aol.com (PERIEA) wrote:

>I am currently running Oracle 7.2.2.3 on Solaris 2.4. My shop is very low
>on disk space and we are looking for another way of exporting the entire
>database to tape.
>Has anyone attempted this before?? I have heard about it so please give me
>some feedback.

We're using HP Unix and do the following. In your export parameterfile (or on the commandline) you type:

file=/dev/rmt/0m

The part behind the equalsign is the device which Unix knows as the device to use for magnetic tape. I don't know how this is on Solaris. Hope I helped you...

• Martin Jesterhoudt ---
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