[SGVLUG] Are there any oracle gurus on this list?

[algis posius]

I've heard that Oracle has two modes of backup. One
they call "cold backup" where the DB is shutdown so
the data files cannot be accessed while you backup
just the db files. 

The other mode is a "warm backup". In this mode oracle
allows access to the database files but in a simulated
way. This means that the data files can be backed up
in the same manner as the "cold" backup but the
adds/changes are logged and applied when the backup is
completed.


--- Michael Proctor-Smith <mproctor13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 8/30/05, Max Clark <max at clarksys.com> wrote:
> 
> > Why would you answer a question that you have "no
> idea about"? There is
> > not a _real_ database on the planet that you have
> to take offline to 
> > backup.
> > 
> > Ya, while I probable should not answer question I
> do not no the answer to, 
> why do you have to start with the real_database
> crap, there are lots of 
> databases that you can not have active writes going
> on and have a consistant 
> backup. So you have to lock the database to prevent
> writes while the backup 
> happens. As far as I am concerned that is offline as
> the database is 
> nolonger fully functional.
> 

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