Re: DBA vs SysAdmin
From: li siyan <siyan-li_at_staff.uiuc.edu>
Date: 1997/03/27
Message-ID: <5helmm$6kt_at_vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>#1/1
Date: 1997/03/27
Message-ID: <5helmm$6kt_at_vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>#1/1
Jensen Langford - Sun UK - Contractor (jensen.langford_at_uk.sun.com) wrote:
: that when this backup runs, the database is in a consistent state thus
Directly copy the database files to a tape? Is it a valid backup? Is there
any guarantee that this will work? And if this really works, what does
transaction log used for?
: enabling a valid file set. This is normally achieved by shutting the
: database down prior to the backup. If the database is running when the
: backup is taken, it is unlikely a recovery will be possible.
Siyan Received on Thu Mar 27 1997 - 00:00:00 CET