you are right and the developer is not. cold backups taken with the db open are worthless. you cannot use them to open it back to a consistent state
babu ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:44 AM > All... > > A developer working on a Solaris 2.6 server running Oracle 7.3.4 desires > a nightly backup (by simply copying them to a backup directory) of the > datafiles of an active instance. I explain that it will be a waste of > tape because the files will be corrupt and useless. He counters, "As > long as these files are there, irrespective of their state, oracle [sic] > provides the tools to restore the skeleton database based on these > files." > > Will this be the case? I understand that there will [most likely] be > some loss of data, but will Oracle "fix" itself to a point where it's > useful again? TIA > > Gary Chambers > > //-------------------------------------- > // Lucent Technologies ITO/Servers/Unix > // Senior Unix System Administrator > // 4 Robbins Road, Westford, MA 01886 > // 978-399-0481 / 888-480-6924 (Pager) > // Nothing fancy and nothing Microsoft > //-------------------------------------- > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Gary Chambers > 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.net -- Author: Babu Nagarajan 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).
