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Sorry, my mistake for speaking too freely. I would never use the cp command (or it's equivalent) to backup a database when the database was open.
"Chuck Hamilton" <chuckh To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> @softhome.net> cc: Sent by: root Subject: Re: Duplicate online Database 03/04/2003 12:50 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L
Do you have any 24x7 databases? We do so we *must* back them up while open with either RMAN or in some cases with an older style hot backup.
> Personally I would never recommend backing up an open database and, if
that
> were to happen, I would consider that backup to be a 'scratch' tape.
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