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you are right and the developer is not. cold backups taken with the db open
are worthless. you cannot use them to open it back to a consistent state
babu
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> All...
>
> A developer working on a Solaris 2.6 server running Oracle 7.3.4 desires
> a nightly backup (by simply copying them to a backup directory) of the
> datafiles of an active instance. I explain that it will be a waste of
> tape because the files will be corrupt and useless. He counters, "As
> long as these files are there, irrespective of their state, oracle [sic]
> provides the tools to restore the skeleton database based on these
> files."
>
> Will this be the case? I understand that there will [most likely] be
> some loss of data, but will Oracle "fix" itself to a point where it's
> useful again? TIA
>
> Gary Chambers
>
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Babu Nagarajan INET: orclbabu_at_hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_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).Received on Fri Mar 14 2003 - 12:03:56 CST