Re: Urgent !!! Oracle Database Backup

"Henry Lau" <henryl_at_asper.com.hk> wrote in message news:admepr$f8m$1_at_hfc.pacific.net.hk...
> Hi all,
>
> My computer is using Oracle 8.1.6 on Windows 2000 server. I would like
> to backup the database and restore it to a Sun Solaris platform using
Oracle
> 8.1.7. First question, is it possible ??

No, you'd have to use export/import
>
> Second, I try to shut down the database and try to copy all the
database
> file to unix platform (init.ora, *.ora........) Is it possible to restore
> the database to another server (from windows to unix) ??

No, from one platform to another you have to use export/import
>
>

    Third, Actually, i have a oracle original backup source and i can
> restore the database to windows 2000 and Oracle 8.1.6 successfully from
data
> files(init.ora, data.ora........) by execute the script they provide. Now
i
> found that the database files is *.ora but i also found that the normal
> database files is *.dbf. Is it possible to restore to another server (from
> windows to unix) ??
>
> Thank
> Henry

NO - see above

hth Received on Wed Jun 05 2002 - 21:11:46 CDT