Re: unix dump ok for backing up oracle server?

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:38:36 +0800
Message-ID: <37C50B1C.5D1E@yahoo.com>

Richard Chen wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I would like to know if it is safe to do unix dump command for
> backing up file systems to backup a live oracle server.
> It is safe if oracle server is shutdown. But if oracle server is
> running in archivelog mode, is unix dump a safe method to
> backup the oracle server? It will be very convenient if it is
> safe since one does not need to worry about writing specific
> backup scripts for the database backup. It doesn't sound like it
> but I want to be sure.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Richard

The answer is NO. I've seen places that have had the philosophy

"We back it up live and it seems to work".

That may be the case SOMETIMES but eventually these people are in for a big surprise...

Cheers
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Connor McDonald
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"Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue." Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 04:38:36 CDT