Since everyone's advocating RMAN here, I decided to start an RMAN backup for one of our development databases. And I had issues with disk space. Now, one of the tablespaces has been allocated 15 Gb of space, of which only 2.2 Gb has been used as per dba_extents. I started an RMAN backup directing this tablespace backup to be written to a file system with 9 Gb of free space. This backup filled up the file system and errored out.
So, my question is, the first time you take a backup, does RMAN backup the entire datafile? Thanks Raj -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
