Re: Oracle, EMC and BCVs

Thanks Stephan.

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In article <39A17949.5FAEA422_at_t-online.de>,   Stefan Roesch <Stefan.Roesch_at_t-online.de> wrote:
> rereidy_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a large warehouse (> 600GB) hosted on Solaris, using EMC with
 a
> > BCV disk set.
> >
> > When doing a backup (via a EMC mirror split and using 'ALTER SYSTEM
> > SUSPEND'), is it necessary to have the instance in archive log mode?
> >
> > Thanks for you help.
> >
> > Ron Reidy
> > Oracle DBA
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> Your Database should be in archive log mode.
>
> Despite this it would be better not to use suspend. The command wasn't
> developed for this use.
> You should place all tablespaces in backup mode, make split, and end
> backup mode of the tablespaces
>
> Otherwise in case of corruption you will have a hard time
>
> Hope this helps
> Stefan
>
>

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Before you buy. Received on Wed Aug 23 2000 - 15:50:44 CDT