Return-Path: Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by naude.co.za (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id g5KNISv28918 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 19:18:28 -0400 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id IAA89503; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:18:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b71/bab) via UUCP id 00482CBE; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:53:48 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:53:48 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Hemant K Chitale Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Hemant K Chitale Subject: Re: Repost: Offline vs Online Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 71; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit No, it is _not_ necessary to do a full offline backup [as long as you know that your online backups are backing up all the tablespaces and archive logs]. Think of 24x7 databases --- they cannot afford to do offline backups and yet there are probably thousands of databases out there that don't do offline backups. Hemant At 10:34 AM 19-06-02 -0800, you wrote: >I appreciate the ongoing discussion regarding the logs, but does anybody have >any comments >regarding the questions I previously asked? Here they are again: > > >If you create a new database and do a full online backup (this also includes >future regular full online backups) is it ever necessary to do a full offline >backup(ie shutdown, backup, startup)? I have heard conflicting answers, >regarding >this and am looking for some clarification. Don't 24x7 applications always >have to >execute offline backups? Are offline backups done for peace of mind, and if >yes why? What >issues are introduced if only offline backups are issued. In addition, we are >using BMCs Sql BackTrack product and I am not sure if it is a requirement of >the tool that an offline backup be periodically performed. If you know >that as >well, please share. Thanks > > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Tracy Rahmlow > INET: tracy.rahmlow@aexp.com > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Hemant K Chitale INET: hkchital@singnet.com.sg Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).