Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: > On Sun, 18 Mar 2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > >> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:35:00 +0200 >> From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Israel Linux Mailing list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Rsync and databases >> >> I lost the original to this thread, but I thought some comments may be >> usefull. >> >> First of all, rsyncing an open file is not a good idea. If the file >> is a database you can end up with a totaly worthless bunch of random >> bits. :-( >> >> >> If the file is closed, then RSYNC will work, but it may not work for >> all database systems, check before using. > > Rsync will definately *not* work for Oracle database files. The rsync > fails on the verification stage. Use ftp instead. Sounds strange, as rsync is supposed to create an identical copy on the remote machine. Does it fail on the rsync or Oracle verification stage? Do you know why it fails? > - yba
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