Re: Database Clone Vs Refresh

refreshing isnt an oracle term - cloning has a specific meaning in oracle - perhaps your idea of a refresh is different than other peoples.

Peoples milage vary

On 28/08/06, Ravi Madabhushanam <ravi.madabhushanam_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> Questions here seems to be more general than technical in nature. I would
> like to know, the difference between database cloning & refreshing.
>
> My point is, Database refresh involves only the database recreation, in
> particular the control file creation after copying the data files from the
> available backup of source database, then RESETLOGS & adding temp files
> will complete the process.
>
> Then how is cloning different from the above process.
> Mostly i have seen these two terms used in the same sense. But, i feel
> that there is some difference in these two.
>

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