Re: backup methods

i think wat u r doing is a offline/cold backup method. if u really shutdown your databases and backup all necessary physical files (ie, datafiles, control files, redo logs and init.ora) then you are okay.

this type of backup will give u a complete 'image' of the database just before it was shutdown. just make sure u cover all files required to re-create the database.

hope this helped.
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harbinger666_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Someone has recently said to me that our backup strategy isn't too secure.
> what we currently do is shutdown all the running databases, and backup the
> entire system. They said that if we restored it all, that it possibly
> wouldn't work because the control files would be out of sync. etc...
>
> This doesn't sound too feasible to me, as if the entire system was backed up
> at a certain point in time, then when it's all restored, all the files should
> be synchronized. Am I right or wrong?
>
> We are running Oracle 8.0.4.1 on AIX 4.3.2 on an IBM RS/6000 H50
>
> Thanks
>
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Received on Fri Apr 09 1999 - 10:50:33 CDT