Re: backing up Oracle

It's nice to have that luxury of being able to down your Oracle database and take a cold backup Fang. But if you can't, then that backup strategy is not only useless but dangerous.

As Steve Phelan and S. Chavali have already stated, Backup methodology is dependant on the particular situation of each database. There is NO best method that works in every instance. (No pun intended)

Fang Hu wrote:
>
> I think the best backup way is offline backup. This is the base for your
> backup.
> If you can shutdown your system you can use this method to backup your
> database. If you use archive log mode and cold backup, why you have to use
> other methods?
>
> Frank
>
> Ed Lufker <elufker_at_swcp.com> wrote in article
> <6cf05f$isn$1_at_sloth.swcp.com>...
> > Hi All:
> >
> > What is the best method for backing up an Oracle production
> > database. What mix of export, hot, or Unix filesystem backups should be
> > used.
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > eddie lufker
> >
  Received on Thu Feb 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CST