RE: one question on backup and restore

2003-09-02 Thread CHEN,JIN
I will apply this for our production database because recently we are experiencing several unexpected failures on poor disks. Thanks for all of your replies! Jin On Fri Aug 29 12:14:26 EDT 2003, DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jin You have received several good replies. One

RE: one question on backup and restore

2003-09-02 Thread Sinardy Xing
Hi Zhu Chao, Yes, I think Jin is using shared external storage, otherwise if his server A down how he going to copy all his files from server A to server B. if this is the case what Jin may do is propose an clustering software. Otherwise, he must backup his database into media. Sinardy

Re: one question on backup and restore

2003-09-02 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! You can do what you wanted without *any* clustering storage. An Oracle database can copied over and opened on another server, providing that the server has same architecture (e.g. 32bit i386) and the Oracle version used is supported on the operating system you run. For example, it is

RE: one question on backup and restore

2003-09-02 Thread Sinardy Xing
Hi Tanel, Very good post, because we are using clustering then I think Jin can have easier life with one, everything is like semi automatic. Sinardy -Original Message- Sent: 02 September 2003 17:44 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi! You can do what you wanted without

Re: one question on backup and restore

2003-08-29 Thread zhu chao
Hi, It can be done via cluster software like VCS (Veritas Cluster Server) or Sun Cluster. But one mandetory requrement: you must place your oracle database(control,redo,data etc) on the shared storage, that is , server A and Server B can access the same disk array. If you really do not

RE: one question on backup and restore

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Jin You have received several good replies. One question I have for you is whether you simply want to do this once (like to create a test database), or continuously (to create a standby database)? Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

RE: one question on backup and restore

2003-08-28 Thread Mladen Gogala
Yes it can. That's called cloning. It's even possible to have one instance deliver redo logs to the other one, who is in constant recovery mode, applying the redo logs it received from the first one. If the first instance fails, the other one is taken out of recovery mode and started up right

RE: one question on backup and restore

2003-08-28 Thread Freeman Robert - IL
Jin, Look into Oracle standby database features and see if that works for you. RF -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 8/28/2003 5:34 PM Hi Greetings, I have such a plan but not sure if it is feasible. Please help! I install oracle server on two