DA Morgan wrote:
> Vince <vincent@ wrote:
>
>>> Exports are *not* valid backups; it's just the logical structure,
>>> a backup is about the physical structure.
>>
>>
>>
>> what do u mean by 'not' valid backup? Is the logical way not as a good
>> result as physical ?
>> what does it restore, then?
>>
>>> Apart from that - I'd like to see anything as fast as RMAN: it
>>> *knows* Oracle (and skips empty blocks, to name something)
>
>
> Exports have never been considered a valid backup. You may be able
> to 'recover' to the export itself ... but you'll not be applying
> archive logs for anything that happened after the export took place.
> There are other issues too all documented at http://tahiti.oracle.com.
Ah - completely forgot that argument...
An export will only "recover" up to the moment, the export was made.
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Fri Mar 04 2005 - 09:05:31 CST
