DBA FAQ 1 - INTEGRATI

DS>Wow. Is this in any of Oracle's normal documentation? Sounds like this DS>would apply to us on a UNIX platform.

DS>One of the reasons we liked the idea of hot backups is that we can continue DS>batch processing at night. This makes that a little less attractive.

Hot backups back up the redo log, thus this doesn't apply, necessarily.

DS>Wouldn't you shutdown immediately before the export and come up in DBA DS>only mode?

Yes

DS>Why perform the cold backup on top of the export? Just because you don't DS>trust your hot backups?

Backups back up the database logically. You still need to back it up physically.

hth!

jh

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