{SUMMARY] ADVFS cloning of Oracle Database files

From: Bruce Young <b.young_at_cqu.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:06:58 +1000

Hi all,
    The short answer is that a clone file set of an active Oracle
database is not going to provide a reliable backup. The 2 ways to get
around this are:
1. Shutdown the database, make the clone file set and start it back up
again.
2. Put the tablespaces into backup mode, and force a checkpoint. Then
follow the brown book on Oracle backup and Recovery.

Thanks to
Guy R. Loucks
Neil McAully
Michael Buchholtz

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