Why hot backups?

I am new to this NG and apologize if the answer exists in deja.com. But if it does let me know and I'll go there.

A consultant set up the Oracle Financials database I am managing. Tonight I did my first restore in production and, having never done a restore from a hot backup I called Oracle. They recommended that I restore from my last cold and rolled forward even though I take hot backups every night.

Then why the heck am I waisting those expensive tapes on hot backups I am not going to use?

Thanks! Received on Thu Feb 03 2000 - 22:18:06 CST