guri, If you don't have the time to get the cold backup to removable media, you'll just have to accept the risk of the box being lost, stolen, or destroyed in an accident. You can still reduce risks in other areas.
I don't see what risk you are abating by making a cold backup to another disk partition, unless that partition is on another physical drive. A physical event that causes one file to be unreadable (such as head damage) usually renders the entire disk unreadable, so you don't gain much. If it's a different physical drive, at least you're gaining the probability of one of them surviving the physical abuse. Chances are you'll be able to shut down the database, shut down the OS, power down the machine, carry it to the new location, and power it back up with no problem. Modern equipment is fairly robust. Personally I'd treat it all like a carton of eggs just to be safer. The "how much extra precaution" you take should be based on what it will cost you if the machine falls off the truck, never to be seen again. One can justify the cost of the precautions as long as they are lower than the cost of the loss. -rje g> I don't have machine to buildup the standby database.I don't have much time g> to take cold backup also.I think if Can take cold backup on another disk g> partition would be fine. g> Any suggestion please? g> Thx g> guri -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Robert Eskridge 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).
