Not exactly -- if the database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode, but is shut down, and you do a cold backup with OCOPY, you're fine.
However, *any* kind of hot backup attempted in NOARCHIVELOG mode is pretty much useless. Which is doubtless what Kirti was saying. -Tom --- "Deshpande, Kirti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not really.. > > However, if it is not in archive log mode, and > files are copied using OCOPY, > those files are basically of no use. You can > not recover the database using those files. > -----Original Message----- > Does the database need to be running in archive log mode in order to > use OCOPY? ===== Thomas B. Cox "Saepe in errore sed numquam in dubito" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/tbcox23/ "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." --H.L. Mencken __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Thomas B. Cox INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
