Re: ASM is single point of failure ?

Steve,
I did not try it, but the documentation says (pl/sql packages and types guide):

You can copy any type of file to and from a local file system. However, you can copy
only database files (such as datafiles, tempfiles, controlfiles, and so on)to and from an
ASM disk group.

In fact the remark is because, dbms_file_transfer, when used with a non-ASM directory, can be used to copy any file (db or not) from a place to another.

I'll check for archived logs when I finish setting my VM.

rgds
On 5/10/06, Steve Perry <sperry_at_sprynet.com> wrote:
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> I could be wrong, but doesn't dbms_file_transfer only allow data files and
> *not* archive logs? I think RMAN is the only way to move archive logs in
> and out of ASM.
>
> On May 9, 2006, at 09:50 AM, Ghassan Salem wrote:
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> And, in 10gR2, you can use dbms_file_transfer to copy files from/to ASM
> rgds
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> On 5/9/06, Radoulov, Dimitre < cichomitiko_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Anyway, for the customers stuck on ASM with Standard Ed RAC, I once
> wrote
> > an
> > experimental utility which can dump out their online redologs from
> > physical ASM files.
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> ASM files are accessible via http/ftp from XMLDB too.
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> Dimitre
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