RE: Hot Backup Theory Revisited:

From: Guang Mei <gmei_at_incyte.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:16:40 -0400
Message-ID: <NJEDKDKJDGAKAEKKNEEJGEKBDFAA.gmei@incyte.com>

I am trying to understand:

Is it true that if the copy of control file (just an OS copy) is done AFTER issuing

ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT; then no earlier (than the log switch) archive log is needed? We still need the archive logs generated during tablespace backup process.

Guang

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I suggested this since I was wondering if he makes the copy of the =
> control file before starting the backup process.
> Don't know if this is the case, then probably the timestamp info in the =
> control file will be much older than ones in the data files and the =
> archived logs generated during the backup process, which may require an =
> earlier archive log.
>
> Waleed

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