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online tablespace backup issue [message #250017]

Fri, 06 July 2007 23:45

sajut
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Dear all

I have an Oracle 9i R2 database running on Suse Linux. I usually takes weekly online backup of datafiles after putting the respective tablespace in backup mode.
I use tar to backup the datafiles

Today after I put a tablespace in backup mode and tried to backup the datafiles, I got the following msg.

tar: appweb2.dbf: file changed as we read it

Is my backup consistent? Kindly advice
Saju

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Re: online tablespace backup issue [message #250022 is a reply to message #250017]

Sat, 07 July 2007 01:17

Michel Cadot
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You can't directly use tar, you have to either:
- stop the database
- first copy the files in another directory then use tar of these copies

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Michel

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Re: online tablespace backup issue [message #250026 is a reply to message #250022]

Sat, 07 July 2007 01:58

sajut
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means, I can only take a Cold backup??
Saju

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Re: online tablespace backup issue [message #250034 is a reply to message #250026]

Sat, 07 July 2007 03:23

Michel Cadot
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If you want to only use tar, yes.
If you can use cp before, no.

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Michel

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Re: online tablespace backup issue [message #250046 is a reply to message #250017]

Sat, 07 July 2007 05:15

sajut
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Thanks Michel for the reply

You mean, I should put the tablespace in backup mode, copy the datafiles to a different location, then tar the files ??. But even while the datafiles are being copied, their timestamp can change. Is that ok?

Regards
Saju Thomas

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Re: online tablespace backup issue [message #250052 is a reply to message #250046]

Sat, 07 July 2007 07:35

Michel Cadot
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Yes, it is ok because Oracle knows that you're copying the file - this is the purpose of putting the begin backup - and cp works without any problem with concurrent reads/writes.
tar does not allow concurrent writes.

In addition, Oracle doesn't care about file timestamps. It uses its own internal timestamp aka SCN.

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Michel

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Re: online tablespace backup issue [message #250471 is a reply to message #250052]

Tue, 10 July 2007 03:12

sajut
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Thank you very much Michel, for explaining me in detail

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