RE: Should we say COLD or HOT backup OR ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELO

I can read your question 2 ways, so let me answer it both ways...

If you are asking if you can only do a cold backup when in noarchivelog mode, you are correct.

However, in archivelog mode you can do cold or hot backup. The procedure is a bit different in archivelog mode, because of the recovery implications of being in archivelog mode.

RF

Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
Oracle DBA Technical Lead
CSX Midtier Database Administration

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Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:28 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L NOARCHIVELOG mo

but isn't cold backup is possible only if ur running in noarchieve mode else you have to go for hot backup.
BigP

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 7:41 AM

> Ok.... maybe you will think this is a silly thread, but I've wondered
> about this before...
>
> We (DBA's) use the terms hot and cold backups all the time. I wonder
though,
> when we talk about cold backups if the terminology should not include the
> mode of the backup:
>
> cold archivelog mode backup
> cold noarchivelog mode backup
>
> When we say "cold" backup, do we just assume it's NOARCHIVELOG mode...and
> enjoy the fact that we don't have to type or say as much...or should we be
> more specific to help the junior DBA's (or perhaps even those out there
who
> have never really considered that there is a distinction between the two)
> out there? When books are written, I notice that they mostly just talk
about
> hot and cold backups, assuming that the cold backup is in NOARCHIVELOG
> mode...
>
> what about the junior DBA who does a cold backup in ARCHIVELOG mode and
> follows the standard cold backup procedure (backing up control files and
> redo logs) assuming that he can just recover them....(granted, anyone
should
> test
> their backup and recovery strategy, but this is a Jr. DBA!)
>
> Just thinking aloud... is it a silly question?
>
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
> Oracle DBA Technical Lead
> CSX Midtier Database Administration
>
> The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can
> take his freedom away from him.
>
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