Re: Fssnap and Oracle 9i

From: Ana C. Dent <anacedent_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:15:28 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns957C49D4DD33SunnySD@68.6.19.6>

roeltoledo_at_yahoo.com (Roel Toledo) wrote in news:cc616836.0410080452.1824de77_at_posting.google.com:

> Id' like to solicit opinions from other DBA's in this forum about
> Solaris 9's online backup utility fssnap and using it to backup an
> Oracle database server. Do the database instances need to be shut
> down first before issuing fssnap? In the event that fssnap backup is
> made while the database is up and running, can the backups be safely
> restored without a problem?
>

The proof is in the pudding.
Do a test backup with the DB up using fssnap & then restore the DB. Does it open?
Let us know the results. Received on Fri Oct 08 2004 - 09:15:28 CDT