i tested it on windows 2000 and oracle 816-817, it works well, nothing wrong.
if test env, i think it should work.
if in production, u'd better use other way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sujatha Madan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: O/S copies of datafiles
> Hi,
>
> This might be a stupid question, but I'll give it a go anyway.
>
> I have two Unix boxes - a production and a newly created test box. The
> production box has 8.0.5 and the test has 8.0.6 installed.
>
> Is it possible to stop the database, take a backup of all the datafiles
> (through the operating system) and then move them to the test server (in the
> same directory structure they were in in the production box). Would the
> database open successfully?
>
> Thanks in advance for all your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sujatha
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