Re: backing up a tablespace in oracle

From: Frank van Bortel <f.van.bortel_at_vnl.nl>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 11:06:55 -0800
Message-ID: <3873964E.362895FB@vnl.nl>

rajesh wrote:

> i am working with oracle 8 server.
> i want to backup a selected tablespace. so for it i changed the database
> mode to archivelog mode and made the tablespace offline. but i got the error
> message that i was taking the backup for the first time and i require to
> create a recovery catalog.
>
> can anyone tell me how to create a recovery catalog or any other method to
> backup selected tablespace
>
> please send the answer at rajesh_r1_at_excite.com

You must be using RMAN. Only RMAN (and other tools) use a recovery catalog. You can backup manually as well. And don't take your tablespace offline, put it in backup mode: alter tablespace ... begin backup;

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