Re: I/O activity during HOT backups

Hi Dan,
There is a good article by Jeremiah and this talks in detail about hot backup misconceptions...including the one you want to know....

Thanks
Vidya

From: Dan.Hubler_at_midata.com
Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Subject: I/O activity during HOT backups Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:18:14 -0800

Please settle a discussion amongst our DBA team:

Is there ANY I/O that takes place to the database files (*.DBF) during a HOT backup? (That is, ALTER TABLESPACE BEGIN BACKUP).

If not, how does the process work?

Thanks.

???

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