From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Wed Mar 3 10:17:40 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i23GHe915405 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:17:40 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i23GHdo15399 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:17:39 -0600 Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 5E922394FA2; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:17:41 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Wed, 03 Mar 2004 11:16:33 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from corporate.LifeTouch.com (corporate.LifeTouch.com [63.71.63.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with SMTP id 23403394CFF for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:16:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from no.name.available by corporate.LifeTouch.com via smtpd (for freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) with SMTP; 3 Mar 2004 16:19:13 UT Received: (private information removed) Message-ID: <0186754BC82DD511B5C600B0D0AAC4D607B000C8@EXCHMN3> From: DENNIS WILLIAMS To: "'oracle-l@freelists.org'" Subject: RE: Archive Mode On for Read Only DB Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:18:04 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-archive-position: 178 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l Gene - Perhaps someone on the list has directly tried this. It is theoretically possible to get a good backup on a quiet but open database with just a cold backup, but not the sort of thing you want to bet your job on. One idea would be for you to take your backup and restore it on a test system. It is always a good practice to test your database restore anyway. Then you would be assured throughout the year that you do indeed have a valid backup. But I would do it each year since there might be some condition that would make the backup succeed 50% of the time, you would be covered all the time. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@lifetouch.com -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org]On Behalf Of Gene Sais Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:12 AM To: oracle-l@freelists.org; DENNIS WILLIAMS Subject: RE: Archive Mode On for Read Only DB Dennis - The database is opened in read only mode. The database changes once a yr to be updated w/ new images. At that time, I put the db in read write mode, add the images, then open db in read only and back it up while db is open. It is a web query db that I would like to minimize down time. Is there any benefit to putting this db in archive log mode? I don't see any, but I may be missing something :). Thanks for your help, Gene >>> DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM 3/3/2004 10:47:26 AM >>> Gene - By read only, do you mean the contents of the database are never changing? Do you ever take it out of read only mode, like to change something? Why back it up occasionally? Just do a cold backup once and save the tapes. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@lifetouch.com -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [ mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org]On Behalf Of Gene Sais Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:04 AM To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Archive Mode On for Read Only DB I have an 8i read only database that is used for query of images. Occassionally, I back it up using OS utilities (cp, tar, TSM, etc) while the db is open. Question: Is there any benefit to having this db in archive log mode? Since it is in read only mode, I see no benefit or am I missing something? Thanks for any insight you may provide, Gene ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------