Re: Oracle file managerCLOSE

From: Tom Donnelly <tdonnell_at_ncrsoph.Sophia.NCR.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 92 10:12:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4106_at_ncrsoph.Sophia.NCR.COM>

In article <BvrAKv.695_at_news.orst.edu> ballt_at_osshe.edu (Terry Ball) writes:
>We currently have one database on a raw device. In order to make a backup
>of this database, we have a background process start up each evening to
>make an export of the database. It is NOT possible to make a backup of
>the files from the raw device.

Not true. You can make backups of raw devices by taking an image copy of the raw device. In Unix, that means using the dd command. I have done this a number of times on Pyramid, AT&T Starservers and NCR 3445s. The standard Unix backup script will not work, nor will cpio. But using dd out to tape works fine.

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