Re: How do online backups work ...

From: Volker Hetzer <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 15:24:25 +0200
Message-ID: <c8aeea$hnf$1@nntp.fujitsu-siemens.com>

"D. Alvarado" <laredotornado_at_zipmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:9fe1f2ad.0405170509.66e16165_at_posting.google.com...
> If you are running in ARCHIVELOG mode, you can take online backups.
> How does this work however, if for example, you place a particular
> tablespace into backup mode, then a user writes to a table in the
> tablespace, then the actual physical datafile is copied (backed up).
> How is it indicated not to record the write that occurred after the
> tablespace's being placed into backup mode but before the file was
> copied?

The datafile is inconsistent. It gets "repaired" with the archivelogs.

Lots of Greetings!
Volker Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 08:24:25 CDT