Re: Hot Back-ups from Raw File Systems

From: Alex Hudghton <alex_at_alenda.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:47:15 +0100
Message-ID: <7rln5n$q75$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>

<mjwalsh_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7rlma8$k35$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Has anybody successfully done Oracle Hot Backups (putting tablespace in
> backup mode etc.) from an instance based on Raw File Systems.
>
> Have you managed to successfully restored the database using this method
>
> How did you manage to backup the 'data-files' did you use DD.
>
> Are there scripts available which we could use to automate this
>

If you're running version 8 then RMAN simplifies this task. We originally backed up to disk then saved the whole system on tape, but now use Legato to backup straight to tape.

Alex Received on Tue Sep 14 1999 - 09:47:15 CDT