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In article <UY2X7.1631$ju5.193797_at_news.uswest.net>, dsmcd says...
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>Hello...
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>Thinking about using Backup Exec Oracle Agent to backup Oracle 817 on
>Win2k-Serv when no one's connected. In this scenerio, and with this
>software, would hot or cold backups be preferrable?
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>Thx,
>D.
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since you have the choice, you must be in archive log mode and since you are in archive log mode, there is no reason to shutdown, lose all of the buffered data you worked so hard to get buffered, wipe out the shared pool -- just to start all over again.
go hot.
-- Thomas Kyte (tkyte@us.oracle.com) http://asktom.oracle.com/ Expert one on one Oracle, programming techniques and solutions for Oracle. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861004826/ Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle CorpReceived on Fri Dec 28 2001 - 15:51:09 CST