How about giving it a try? I'm a DBA, not a soothsayer and
to give a definite answer, I'd need minute details like OS on
each box, with version, what are you copying and how are you
copying it. As of now, I can tell you only one thing:
Idis redibis nunquam in bello peribis (commas are missing on purpose).
This should satisfy your urge for knowledge.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sujatha Madan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:06 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> 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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