Re: Tablespace question

shut the database
move the files
do a startup *mount* (so do NOT open)
alter database rename datafile etc.

should be sufficient.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

<kryptogenic_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:91ta49$ahd$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> I am very new to oracle so please forgive me if I'm horribly wrong
> here. I noticed in our database that a tablespace has 3 datafiles
> inside of it. The problem is that all 3 files are located in the same
> directory on the same drive. We have 3 different drives that we can
> place files on so my intent is to move 2 of the files to the 2 other
> drives. Now, my plan is to bring the database down, copy the files to
> the other drives at the unix level, then restart the database, take the
> datafiles offline and rename them to their new locations, then bring
> them back online. My questions is, is this the correct procedure?
> Thanks for any advice.
>
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Received on Thu Dec 21 2000 - 12:08:36 CST