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Re: os backup

From: Ed Stevens <nospam_at_noway.nohow>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:22:31 -0600
Message-ID: <102211daammhc3imvrpndl841cnu1oue6b@4ax.com>


On 14 Feb 2005 05:00:49 -0800, hopehope_123_at_yahoo.com (utkanbir) wrote:

>Hi ,
>
>I have a question related to the backup strageties. For some reasons i
>cant get rman backups but instead i backup data at os level , and
>archive redo logs periodically. I wonder whether it is possible to use
>my redo log backups for recovery purpose. Is it possible to restore
>some of the archived files from the backup set than apply redo logs ?
>
>Kind Regards,
>tolga

When you say you're backing up or data at the os level ... are you simply copying the files without telling Oracle? Without ALTER TABLESPACE ... BEGIN BACKUP? Because if so, your backups are pretty much worthless. If I were in your boots, I'd be solving WHY I can't get rman backups . . . .
Thanks.

Cohn's Law: The more time you spend in reporting on what you are doing, the less time you have to do anything. Stability is achieved when you spend all your time doing nothing but reporting on the nothing you are doing. Received on Mon Feb 14 2005 - 14:22:31 CST

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