Re: cold backup question

From: Allen Kirby <akirby_at_att.com>
Date: 1997/01/23
Message-ID: <32E76ED6.34D3@att.com>#1/1

eho_at_freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
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> If our Oracle system is 7x24, can I get by with hot backup? Under what
> situation that I require a cold backup? Thanks

Absolutely. Our 7X24 systems never do cold backups. The advantage to a cold backup is you can restore it and start it up as is. With a hot backup, you have to apply enough redo logs to get all the datafiles in sequence, then you can restart it.

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Allen Kirby			AT&T ITS Production Services
akirby_at_att.com			Alpharetta, GA.

Received on Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00:00 CST