Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
References: <45406@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:34:51 GMT
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In article <45406@shamash.cdc.com>, ldh@svl.cdc.com (Lawrence D. Hare) writes:
|> Given that most of us live on the edge of total neurosis due to the
|> pressures of backup, I have been elected to look into the problems of
|> database backup and Oracle in particular. To this end I have a few
|> questions:
|>
|> 1) How do you back up Oracle databases today?
Oracle backups are usually done using using exports of the database.
you could also take copies of the database file using the operating system.
which will basically be a fast backup.
|> 3) What is the ideal solution?
We can have a background process in oracle which will moniter the state of the database and take backups automatiocally based on laod parameters which one could feed in.
|> All help is appreciated.
|> --
|> Lawrence D. Hare Control Data - Silicon Valley Operations