Re: cloning a 120gb database using dd

From: Connor McDonald <mcdonald.connor.cs_at_bhp.com.au>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 17:14:52 +0800
Message-ID: <36B6C20C.9C@bhp.com.au>

ak494_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Oracle gurus,
> The entire db is on raw partitions. The OS is Aix 4.1
> and Oracle 7.3. I have all procedures to do cloning for an ordinary
> database. Do the same procedures follow if I replace cp (i.e. copying
> datafiles) by dd ? Export is not an alternative as we are not taking
> exports. If anybody has any information on this, I would be grateful
> for replies.
>
> Thanks
> Raja
>
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Should be fine - we regularly use "dd" to clone our prod databases to test databases...In terms of size, we have gone up to 100G with no dramas (just a very hot network cable by the end of the exercise... hee hee)

Cheers

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Connor McDonald
BHP Information Technology
Perth, Western Australia
"Never wrestle a pig - you both get dirty and the pig likes it..." Received on Tue Feb 02 1999 - 03:14:52 CST