RE: OCOPY

From: Thomas B. Cox <tbcox23_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:39:19 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004019FA.20020130233522@fatcity.com>

Not exactly -- if the database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode, but is shut down, and you do a cold backup with OCOPY, you're fine.

However, *any* kind of hot backup attempted in NOARCHIVELOG mode is pretty much useless. Which is doubtless what Kirti was saying.

 -Tom

• "Deshpande, Kirti" <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com> wrote:
  > Not really..
  >
  > However, if it is not in archive log mode, and
  > files are copied using OCOPY,
  > those files are basically of no use. You can
  > not recover the database using those files.
  

> -----Original Message-----
> Does the database need to be running in archive log mode in order to
> use OCOPY?

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