Re: DB copying : Attack of the Clones!

> "Gesler, Rich" wrote:
>
> Kirti,
>
> I'm reading between the lines here but I get the feeling that you believe you
> can only clone from a cold backup? A less disruptive means would be to clone
> from a hot backup.

The database portion of the (official) cloning process simply requires that you "copy the source database to the target". So, as long as you finish that phase with a running database of the appropriate SID, I don't see where cold/hot backup would matter. (Especially when your target would *probably* be on a different machine.)

I will state that many people find the cloning procedure (adclone.pl, etc.) somewhat confusing. So, from a simplicity standpoint, using a "cold" backup in the examples/instructions would tend to "keep it more simple".

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• James

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