Re: Online backups on NT? How?

From: Jurij Modic <jmodic_at_src.si>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:29:58 GMT
Message-ID: <35f7c577.22596736@news.siol.net>

On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:21:45 +1000, Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_acay.com.au> wrote:

>NT doesn't allow backups of files currently opened by a process. Given
>that even dropping an entire tablespace still doesn't free up the files
>from the ORACLEserver process, how can we do on-line backups in NT? Is
>there a third-party backup that will do it no matter what? V7.3.

If you mean disk to disk copy, use the Oracle's supplied OCOPY73.EXE, found on %ORACLE_HOME%\bin.

>Thanx in advance.
>
>--
>Cheers
>Nuno Souto
>D.C.S. P/L
>e-mail: nsouto_at_acay.com.au

HTH,
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Jurij Modic <jmodic_at_src.si>
Certified Oracle7 DBA (OCP)

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The above opinions are mine and do not represent any official standpoints of my employer Received on Thu Sep 10 1998 - 07:29:58 CDT