Re: Save a database (under the Unix)

"Thierry Tisserand" <ttissera_at_capgemini.fr> wrote:

]How then I to save an Oracle database 7.3.4 ](without stopping it) and by keeping the coherence of data ?

If you don't already have a backup then you should stop the database NOW and do a ufsdump of all the disks listed in /etc/fstab or /etc/vfstab depending on your flavour of unix. This makes sure to have a recovery point while you design your hot backup.

Next you grab the Oracle 7 Server Administators Guide and turn to Chapter 23. Read Chapter 24 while you are there. (Actually the whole thing is a good read).

The part number for the Oracle 7.3 version of the Admin Guide (in case you need to get one from Oracle) is A32535-1.

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