Re: How make a backup of open bases on 8.0.x

From: Jurij Modic <jmodic_at_src.si>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 21:38:13 GMT
Message-ID: <377e77dd.4652259@news.siol.net>

On Fri, 02 Jul 1999 12:00:48 -0400, Allen Pickel <apickel_at_us.oracle.com> wrote:

>You need to read the Backup and Recovery Manual. It gives a great
>explanation of hot backups. Basically what you are doing is placing a
>datafile in standby mode - readable but not writable - allowing it to be
>copied to another disk or tape and then placing it back in production
>mode.

Based on your signature I assume the above sentence is a typo - but just in case any of the newbies reads your answer too literally: The datafiles *are not* put in readonly mode during hot backup - they are both readable and writable.

>Allen Pickel
>Oracle Support Services

Regards,

Jurij Modic <jmodic_at_src.si>
Certified Oracle DBA (7.3 & 8.0 OCP)

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The above opinions are mine and do not represent any official standpoints of my employer Received on Sat Jul 03 1999 - 16:38:13 CDT