How are you backing up Oracle? Is the database running or is it not? You
cannot just copy the data files while Oracle is running; you won't have a
backup that will work. Have you tested the backup and are you sure it
works? Sorry for the questions, perhaps you are fine, but I have seen too
many people blindly backup the files and then be burned when they have to
restore. Your best bet is to get Oracle backup and recovery from Oracle
Press. It has all the information you need.
Jim
"Joseph D. Ahmad" <jahmad2088_at_home.com> wrote in message
news:5Spp7.65175$j65.11613310_at_news4.rdc1.on.home.com...
> Dear Group;
>
> I'm a systems analyst for a large school board, and our HR Department is
> about to run some parallel processing using their existing HR-Payroll
System
> in conjunction with their new platform that runs on Oracle 8i / Windows NT
> Server 4.0 SP 5. As a result, I have some questions related to the backup
> procedures that I should undertake. Please note that on a nightly basis,
we
> are backing up the NT Server, and the logical array on which the Oracle
> application exists ~ this backup is written to a DLT tape using a copy of
> ARCServe2000. Nonetheless, is there any other recommended backups that
> should be performed each day? Should I be exporting table information at
the
> noon hour. A detailed recommendation would be most helpful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joseph D. Ahmad
>
>
Received on Mon Sep 17 2001 - 19:01:45 CDT
