"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:<3e267a47$0$235$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net>...
> "Gerald B. Rosenberg" <No_at_address.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.188fe5002415de19896ff_at_news.concentric.net...
> >
> > In a related thread, these command files were offered as appropriate to
> > start/stop an Oracle instance for incidental use.
> >
> > I am using similar command files to start and stop only the oracle
> > service for nightly backups (Oracle8i on WinNT). The command files are
> > called automatically by BackupExec as part of the nightly backup run.
> >
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>
> There is as Howard says absolutely no need to stop a listener for backup
> purposes. I'd go further and say that there is absolutely no need to stop a
> database for backup purposes either, but thats a slightly different
> discussion.
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
> *****************************************
>
I would modify that last statement to "there is absolutely no need to
stop an Oracle database ...." and I agree, though having the option of
stopping the database is nice since it also implies a reliable
maintenance window exists should one be needed.
Received on Thu Jan 16 2003 - 09:16:38 CST
