Re: DB recovery after OS (NT) crash

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"Rolf Czedzak" <520040398192-0001_at_t-online.de> wrote in message news:9lqkse$i6j$07$1_at_news.t-online.com...
> Hi,
> after installation of an OS patch NT is no longer startable.
> I have an OS file level backup of my DB (V 8.0.5).
> 1)What is the best and/or easiest way to get DB into a (to be)
> new installed OS?

Just restore the backup, I hope you also back-upped Oracle *and* the NT registry.
> 1a) ORA specific NT question: Aside from environment variables
> are there files, registry entries, etc to make thing easier?

See above.
You need to do the hard work: restore the backup medium no other solution
> 2)I have a spare V 8.1.7. on an another machine. Is it possible
> to move ORA files (8.0.5) to this one (and have good reason to
> believe it works ;-) ?
>

You must be joking
At best you need to upgrade the database from 8.0 to 8i

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

> Thanks
> Rolf
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 20 2001 - 13:27:56 CDT