Re: Oracle Online Backups

No takers? Oh well :(

kevin bale <kevin_bale_at_primus.com.au> wrote in message news:3ac71c68_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> Can anyone please point me to a reference about how Oracle does online
> backups, assuming one exists?
>
> I thought there would be a white paper on the subject at Oracle's web site
> but I couldn't fine anything.
>
> I would like to know things like:
>
> What happens to a tablespace when it is in backp mode?
> How are updates affected?
> What changes happen with redo logs?
> What happens if the backup is restored?
> Can you recover to a point in time in the middle of the backup period?
>
> I am a Unix system administrator and am responsible for backups of several
> Oracle systems. We are using online backups on most of them to one degree
 or
> another. I don't really have a practical reason for wanting to know this
 but
> it still interests me.
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 06 2001 - 06:33:51 CDT