Re: clonefs Unix utility

From: <hekenberg_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 07:25:33 GMT
Message-ID: <70k29d$taf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

Hello!

I known a site which use this approach. It's works fine. The database is 40 Go. And they stop it 6min.

Cu
Henrik

In article <362B6BA0.3057_at_maricopa.edu>, young_at_maricopa.edu wrote:
> 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:
> 1. Shutdown Oracle
> 2. Run clonefs to take a "snapshot" of the file systems (takes
> about 10 minutes).
> 3. Restart Oracle
> 4. 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?
> --
> Kelly Young
> Database Administrator
> Maricopa Community Colleges
> young_at_maricopa.edu
>

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