Re: Hot Backups on NT

[This followup was posted to comp.databases.oracle.server and a copy was sent to the cited author.]

In article <1997Jun3.152929.98914_at_cc.usu.edu>, slqpm_at_cc.usu.edu says...
> I have attemped to do HOT backups of our Oracle 7.3 server. I
> place the appropriate tablespace in backup mode and then started NT's
> backup application (NTBACKUP). The backup application will not touch
> the files since they are open by another application.
>
> How are you then to do hot backups? We need to be up 24x7 and
> have about 14 gig of data files to archive, cold backups would require
> a significat amount of down time.
>
> We are running NT 3.5 on a Dec Alpha and Oracle 7.3 Server.

There is a registry parameter that can be set to get backup to back up files that show up as being 'in use'.

--rick Received on Fri Jun 06 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT