Re: Poor Backup Strategy???

Glenn Burton wrote:
>
> The system administrators of one of the systems I work with do not shut down
> the Oracle instance to take a cold backup. Instead they simply copy the
> datafiles during the night. The reasoning behind this is that "the system
> is quiet at that time of day, so there is really no reason shut down the
> instance".
>
> Assuming that there really is no user activity in the database, is this a
> sound backup strategy or should the instance be shut-down before copying
> the files?
>
> Thanks!
>
> _________________________________________
> Glenn Burton
> glenn.burton_at_cbis.com
> Cincinnati Bell Information Systems
> _________________________________________The process is not right. Instance should be shutdown before the files
are copied in order to keep all files in sync.

Vijay Nair Received on Fri Jan 12 1996 - 00:00:00 CET