RE: GZip/WinZip...hot backups...

2002-07-18 Thread Bishop Lewis
From what i remember Winzip has a file limit of 4gb... Lewis Bishop --- Barclays Enable/ISS/OPTS Oracle Database Consultant Phone: 020 8298 3418 Mobile: 07950 380857 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: 17 July 2002 20:24 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L This

RE: GZip/WinZip...hot backups...

2002-07-18 Thread Grabowy, Chris
My humble apologies to the list... He checked the backup script... host gzip -cf1 /disk2/oradata/rcdc/system.dbf /disk1/orabkup/rcdc/system.gz Good call Richard... There was a junior DBA that he was training that had setup the backup script. Oh well. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. A

RE: GZip/WinZip...hot backups...

2002-07-18 Thread Ji, Richard
You are welcome. :) -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L My humble apologies to the list... He checked the backup script... host gzip -cf1 /disk2/oradata/rcdc/system.dbf /disk1/orabkup/rcdc/system.gz Good call

RE: GZip/WinZip...hot backups...

2002-07-17 Thread Ji, Richard
If you gzip a .dbf file, you get .dbf.gz extension. Is that what he was doing? What's the full filename after gzipped? Richard -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L A fellow DBA had mentioned that during his disaster

Re: GZip/WinZip...hot backups...

2002-07-17 Thread Jared . Still
You may want to investigate 'sparse files' on MetaLink, as some compression utilities could cause problems. Jared Grabowy, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/17/2002 12:23 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL