Re: HOT BACKUP

On Tue, 12 May 1998 16:46:55 -0500,
John P. Higgins <jh33378nospam_at_deere.com> wrote:

>
>
>>
>> This is what is known as a hot backup of the Oracle database, as opposed
>> to a cold backup where the database is shut down first.
>>
>> Hope this is of any help.
>>
>> Torkild Hagen
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Torkild Hagen
>> Software Engineer / Database Administrator
>> Navia Aviation AS
>> Email: torkild.hagen_at_naviaav.no
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> Norhayati Hassalli wrote in message <35580D5D.306A59A0_at_mimos.my>...
>> >Other than the export command, what other ways of doing a hot backup ?
>> >
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> You also MUST be in ARCHIVELOG mode.
>
>By the way, export is not a true backup -- there is no way to recover updates
>past the time of the export.
>

Who says cold backups aren't true backups? They're just not hot backups.

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