RE: Copying a database

You should be able to copy all the Oracle-specific files (software, database files, control files, parameter files, redo log files, etc) to the development machine then start the database.

Michael Armstead
Database Administrator, OCP-Certified
Corporate & Finance Information Systems
Glaxo Wellcome

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blair_at_pjm.com [SMTP:blair_at_pjm.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 4:48 PM
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> Subject: Copying a database
>
> I need to copy a production database onto a development environment. The
> AIX
> environment is the same. I have installed Oracle onto the development AIX
> but
> not created an Oracle instance.
>
> We decided to do this by restoring a backup of the production environment
> onto
> the development environment. What is my basic procedure for this?
> Specifically, do I have to create the Oracle instance first? Can I just
> copy
> all the files without having created an instance and just start it up?
>
> tia,
>
> ..tom
>
>
>
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Received on Fri Aug 25 2000 - 15:07:20 CDT