RE: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-10 Thread Rao, UmaSankara S (CAP)
Export will definitely work irrespective of number of references between diff tables.I exported/imported a 40 GB database without any problems. Yes,U can take hot backup and restore and recover the DB by applying archivelogs. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:06 PM

RE: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-09 Thread Rao, UmaSankara S (CAP)
Hi, What is the size of the database?If it is less than 4 or 5 GB better go for exp/imp. There are various factors, first of all can u afford to shutdown the prod instance if so how long? yes it is possible to copy the datafiles at OS level and up the DB on test machine. Regds, Uma

RE: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-09 Thread Smith, Ron L.
normal shutdown! -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:21 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Yes, what this is doing is the same as restoring from a cold backup. If the machines are the same, you can just shutdown Oracle and copy data files, control files, redo

RE: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-09 Thread Gogala, Mladen
on purpose). This should satisfy your urge for knowledge. -Original Message- From: Sujatha Madan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:06 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: O/S copies of datafiles Hi, This might be a stupid question

RE: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-09 Thread Miller, Jay
Just be sure that if you copy your listener.ora file from the first box you change the hostname! Otherwise you'll risk shutting down the listener on the original box. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:21 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Yes, what this is

Re: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-09 Thread Riyaj_Shamsudeen
Certified Oracle DBA i2 technologies www.i2.com Sujatha Madan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/08/01 09:05 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To:Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:O/S copies of datafiles Hi, This might

RE: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-09 Thread Sujatha Madan
The export import won't work because there are so many constraints and references between various tables. So there are a lot of errors. Also the database is quite large (definitely more than 5 GB). What if I do a hot backup of each tablespace and the control files. would I be able to restore

RE: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-09 Thread Guy Hammond
Yes, what this is doing is the same as restoring from a cold backup. If the machines are the same, you can just shutdown Oracle and copy data files, control files, redo logs and the contents $ORACLE_HOME across to an identical directory structure on a new machine, change any settings like

O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-08 Thread Sujatha Madan
Hi, This might be a stupid question, but I'll give it a go anyway. I have two Unix boxes - a production and a newly created test box. The production box has 8.0.5 and the test has 8.0.6 installed. Is it possible to stop the database, take a backup of all the datafiles (through the operating

Re: O/S copies of datafiles

2001-08-08 Thread chao_ping
] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:05 AM Subject: O/S copies of datafiles Hi, This might be a stupid question, but I'll give it a go anyway. I have two Unix boxes - a production and a newly created test box. The production box has 8.0.5 and the test has 8.0.6 installed