I am using Oracle here on Redhat 6.2 load. We are copying oracle databfiles for backup
using cp command. The copy is happening when oracle is down. The copy is being done
across nfs. The problem is that sometimes the copied file is of different size than
the original one. The difference can range between 200 to 300 mb on a 500 mb file. I
discovered this while to restore from backup and I realised that I could not recover
beacuse of thius problem. I have seen this problemn at least 5 times after that and
happens with many files. Could it be that oracle datafiles have embedded EOF
characters that confuse cp into thinking that the file has ended or what. Any way I
will leave it upto you to figure it out. But please keep me informed about this
problem.
Shamsher Sandhu
Oracle DBA
VA Linux Systems
Fremont
Phone 510 687 6760
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