John R. Jackson on Sat 25/01 12:47 -0500: > >I would like to use the Amanda Software in order to make > >backup of some oracle's tables. Is it possible? Is it > >good? > > We back up several Oracle databases (and have even had to restore :-). > The trick is to run a script just before the amdump run that:
It seems to also work to take do a fs or device snapshot before the backup. I.e. it's the same as hitting the power button on a running Oracle server...any bogus transactions are rolled back by Oracle if needed.
