Re: Oracle Online Backups

"kevin bale" <kevin_bale_at_primus.com.au> wrote in message news:3acda783_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> 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.
> >
> >
>
>

Evidently everyone avoided to direct you to ... yes, you probably know the acronym.
There is a separate chapter in the Oracle Server Administratos Guide, there is a chapter in the Oracle DBA Handbook.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Fri Apr 06 2001 - 09:19:37 CDT