Re: backups

On Jan 30, 9:22am, <Mary Remund> wrote:
> Subject: backups
> I have a general question about backups. I am currently working with Oracle
> 7.2. This is the situation I am wondering about. I have a database which is
> in archivelog mode, and which needs to be backed up a couple of times during
> the week. I will do hot backups a couple of times throughout the week.
> But is there any reason why I should take down the database and do a cold
> backup?
>
> Thanks.
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