No, Even under Oracle8 it's enough to shutdown the database to do cold backup. Services themselves, when the database is shutdown, do not hold on to the database files.
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:43 AM It seems I was completely wrong, is it the same as for Oracle 8 and 8i? Last time I've worked with Windows it was on Oracle 8 and I thought that you had to stop the services because Windows was not letting you copy the database files. --- Igor Neyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit : > Joe, > > You can stop the services, which should shutdown the > database (for cold backup). > > But, that's not the only option. You can leave > services running, and just shutdown the database > (using svrmgrl, or sqlplus), and then do the cold > backup. > > Igor Neyman, OCP DBA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JOE TESTA > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:28 AM > Subject: services on windows????? > > > My partner sent me a question about services on > windows. > > when doing a cold backup is it necessary to > shutdown the windows services?, I have no idea as > I've not had the nightmare of dealing with oracle on > windoze. > > joe > > ===== St�phane Paquette DBA Oracle et DB2, consultant entrep�t de donn�es Oracle and DB2 DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________ L�che-vitrine ou l�che-�cran ? magasinage.yahoo.ca -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?paquette=20stephane?= 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Igor Neyman 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).
