Re: Best way to 'copy' a database??

if you do full imp it will create everything you needed for you, provided you have the same hardware setup (mount points, space) Or you can just shut down and do a cold backup/restore

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 15:22:10 -0500, Shmooth <shmooth_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>I need to take an Oracle db I have and basically move a copy of it to a
>new machine that has just a base Oracle install. I need new
>tablespaces, schemas, tables, users, permissions, etc. I did, in fact,
>do this already - but it was a major p.i.t.a. Seemed like I had to
>create tablespaces manually, then I had to import each of my schemas
>separately - i.e. I had to run 'imp' once for each schema I had to
>import.
>
>Is there an easier way? Can I get an script generate by Oracle to
>set-up tablespaces, etc.? Then, just run 'imp' once?
>
>Thanks.
>

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