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Re: Backing up entire /u01 partition instead of dumping database?

From: Anders Misfeldt <ami_at_navigosystems.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:43:36 +0200
Message-ID: <3BB06DE8.FC2F8829@navigosystems.com>


Fraser McCallum wrote:
> Not sure exactly what you mean by backup here... if you mean to shutdown the
> Oracle instance and then backup the /u01 partition on your machine, assuming
> that is where all your Oracle data files are, then you are actually by
> definition doing a cold backup. If you mean to just copy the files while the
> database is still up and running then this will not give you a backup with
> guaranteed recoverability!

Ok thanx!
Just want I wanted to know :-)

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Best regards / Venlig hilsen
Anders Misfeldt
System Administrator
Navigo Systems, Soenderhoej 46, DK-8260 Viby J, Denmark
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Email: ami_at_navigosystems.com 
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Received on Tue Sep 25 2001 - 06:43:36 CDT

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