Re: Backup during no activity

astalavista wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Why I can't backup my (small) database
> with a copy of all files (spfile, datafile, control, online redolog)
> when there is no activity on the database ?
> Any of these files are modified when there no activity ?
> ( something like a heartbeat ?)
>
> Thanks for your lights ....

You can...kinda...
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/start.htm#i1006690

Note the Caution.

jg

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