Aha! So RMAN has a "clone" command. I'm sure I read about it, but
obviously not in enough detail. Is cloning with RMAN likely to be safer
than other methods?
"G Quesnel" <dbaguy_ott_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1120831176.800195.291190_at_g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Define simple...
> It depends on the specifics of your condition.
> If you currently use an RMAN database to manager your backups,
> then you could use the "clone" command.
> If you can shutdown your production database and take a cold backup
> (OS copy) of all database files,
> then you just need to backup control file to trace,
> edit that file with the new storage and SID name,
> run that script, and then you have your new instance.
> oh, and btw, update your oratab, tnsnames, listener, password,
> init...ora files (trivial stuff) as stated above.
>
Received on Fri Jul 08 2005 - 15:33:21 CDT
