We are running Oracle 7.3.4 on a DEC alpha. We are planning to use
the clonefs Unix utility in our backup. Basically, this will allow
us to perform cold backups while Oracle is up (except for about 10
minutes). The way it works is:
- Shutdown Oracle
- Run clonefs to take a "snapshot" of the file systems (takes
about 10 minutes).
- Restart Oracle
- Run vdump (which backs up the files at the point in time that
the snapshot was taken).
We have tested recovery and everything seems to work ok. Is anyone
using this approach? Any unknown gotchas or pitfalls?
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Kelly Young
Database Administrator
Maricopa Community Colleges
young_at_maricopa.edu
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 11:41:04 CDT
