Backup up oracle database, part II

[Fredrik Persson P (QRA)]

Hi all!

Thanks to those of you who helped me getting a backup for an oracle database
working.

Now, the solution to copy the db files to a temp storage and then have
amanda back up from there was good - it works! There is a problem however,
and that is that the copy command consumes a LOT of system resources (mainly
disk of course) and my server almost look dead from time to time. I've tried
nice -n 15 to make the cp command a bit more nice, but it doesn't seem to
work... 

Any suggestions? This is a RedHat Linux 6.2 system.

Thanks!

/Fredrik Persson